The Holder Memorandum is the subject of this Wall Street Journal op-ed by Senator Arlen Specter and Edwin Meese, III. The memo was issued by Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder near the end of the Clinton Administration.  It allowed federal prosecutors to pressure businesses under federal investigation to provide the government with incriminating evidence about their employees.  This led employers to threaten termination of employees who would not give statements to investigators, compromising their constitutional right to counsel. In one case, a federal district judge ruled that federal prosecutors, following Justice Department policies, forced an accounting firm to cut off payment of legal fees for 13 of its employees.   

Summary Justice: "Four teenagers say police in a northern Mexican town spray-painted their hair, shoes and buttocks to teach them not to paint graffiti on public property," according to this AP story. "Guadelupe's police department says several officers have been suspended while the matter is being investigated. The youths were fined more than $200 before being released on Tuesday. Guadelupe is outside the city of Monterrey."

Uncharged Misconduct. "A man charged with setting an arson wildfire that killed five U.S. Forest Service firefighters in 2006 started nearly two dozen additional blazes for which he hasn't been charged, the district attorney alleges in court papers," AP reports. "Raymond Lee Oyler, 38, has pleaded not guilty to five counts of first-degree murder, 17 counts of using an incendiary device and 23 counts of arson. Jury selection in the death penalty case began Monday and a panel could be seated by next week."