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Now this judge recently criticized prosecutors over an increase in immigration cases in federal court last week. now she saidi it, i think this s not the best use of judicial or justice department resources. she specifically singled out the justice. zach terwilliger is on, and i was on the train coming up to new york and i was reading "the washington post." democracy dies in the darkness.i so i'm reading "the washington post" and i'm reading these comments by judge, saying, i hope these cases don't continue in my courtroom. isn't that the role of the executive branch, how it is deciding to pur...

Separate prosecutions? is that the role of a judge to interject himself or herself in this situation, or why are you singled out? >> thanks for having me. it's great to be here. this is a judge i have known for ten years and have a long relationship with and i respect. in this case we just have a fundamental disagreement surrounding the priority of these cases. one of the things as a prosecutor for the last decade and now as u.s. attorney that i often do is meet with the victims and survivors of crimeee and i feel very strongly that these cases represent public safety risk, and there's an arti...

Of gang activity. a few months later, this judge, 95-year-old robert sweet who has been sitting on the bench since the carter administrationte ordered that lopez be released, claiming he had been held to long for a minor. la paz now 19. another suspect was also reportedly ordered to be released by a federal judge in late 2017. all three are now charged with i assault, with intent to cause physical harm. isis placed detainer requests on them claiming they should be deported once they serve any sentences. now, this all brings us to our next story, and a segment that we are dubbing "dodging the j...