Department of Justice Drops Case Against Counselor

 

 

 

April 2, 2012
Department of Justice Drops Case Against Counselor

by Karla Dial

The U.S. Department of Justice today quietly dropped a lawsuit it’s been waging against a Florida sidewalk counselor, and agreed to pay her $120,000.

The Obama administration has been dragging the case out for 18 months, waiting until the last possible day to drop the case against Mary “Susan” Pine. She had been accused of obstructing the entrance to an abortion clinic while passing out pro-life literature and counseling women in late 2009. Government attorneys also waited until the last day to file an appeal after a federal judge dismissed the case for lack of evidence in January of this year.

In that decision, Judge Kenneth L. Ryskamp questioned whether the DOJ collaborated with the clinic on the prosecution, and said he’d have sanctioned the government if possible.
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