"The lesson from Watergate was that the department needed to ensure that personal and partisan interests must not influence legal judgments; that the work of the department would inspire public confidence that politics and pressure would not be permitted to influence its policies and decisions; and that a culture needed to be established in which officials were committed to sound judgments, professionalism of the highest order, and integrity."
"2025 was a bad year for criminal justice. Executions in the U.S. surged, nearly doubling the 2024 numbers, and reaching 47 by year-end, largely driven by a record 19 executions in Florida, the highest in over 15 years. 2025 saw an aggressive crackdown on immigration. And it saw the most radical remake of the federal Department of Justice ever, which for its entire history operated under an ethos of fair, impartial, and nonpartisan prosecution."
Criminal justice advocates demanded that the NYPD dismantle its controversial gang database, alleging the database contributes to discriminatory policing that targets Black and Brown New Yorkers. 2025 saw a surge in executions in the U.S., nearly doubling 2024 totals to 47, driven by a record 19 executions in Florida, and an aggressive crackdown on immigration. The federal Department of Justice underwent a radical remake that undermined its longstanding ethos of fair, impartial, nonpartisan prosecution. Watergate prompted reforms — offices of professional responsibility, an inspector general, and ethics and civil service laws — which guided DOJ conduct for fifty years, though some slippage occurred.
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