Janet Reno, Former US Attorney General, Has Died

[alittlelark]

Source: ABC

Janet Reno, the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general and the epicenter of several political storms during the Clinton administration, including the seizure of Elian Gonzalez, died early Monday. She was 78.

Reno died from complications of Parkinson's disease, her goddaughter Gabrielle D'Alemberte said. D'Alemberte said Reno spent her final days at home in Miami surrounded by family and friends.

Reno, a former Miami prosecutor who famously told reporters "I don't do spin," served nearly eight years as attorney general under President Bill Clinton, the longest stint in a century.

One of the administration's most recognizable and polarizing figures, Reno faced criticism early in her tenure for the deadly raid on the Branch Davidian compound at Waco, Texas, where sect leader David Koresh and some 80 followers perished.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/janet-reno-us-attorney-general-died-43353469

[GreydeeThos]

1. Sad news

RIP Janet Reno

[Granny M]

2. Rest in peace, Ms. Reno. Nt

[BumRushDaShow]

4. Wow. R.I.P.

I had her on my mind but hadn't heard much about her.

You wanna talk about someone who took a hit from the RW loons, she was pummeled almost continually. Every nonsensical piece of crap that you hear the RW spew in reference to CTs about travelgate, Whitewater, Vince Foster regarding the Clintons, began during her 2 terms and continues today, but she didn't flinch.

R.I.P. and condolences to her family.

[oberliner]

8. Not to mention SNL

They were cruel.

[hlthe2b]

5. She was a trailblazer, as the first woman Attorney General...

yet, all the coverage I've seen mention only Waco and Elian Gonzales.

RW memes and misogyny continue to rule... sigh...

RIP, Ms. Reno. I will remember you for ALL your accomplishments.

[joeybee12]

6. Great, tough woman who handled evert the Repuke garbage three at her

RIP

[steventh]

7. prisoner rehabilitation and justice reform

Attorney General Reno wrote urging employers to hire those with criminal records, saying that it's important to give people a chance at living a lawful life after serving their sentence. She pointed out that if people are not given jobs they would be forced to return to crime to survive.

Ms. Reno received a well deserved award for her work in criminal justice.
http://www.lssi.org/News/NewsLSSIRenoAmicusCertusAward20081023.pdf

[Fast Walker 52]

9. thanks-- didn't know that

[liberal N proud]

10. RIP

[autumn herons]

11. RIP...

I never thought much about it but we never heard from her in recent years--must have been due to her condition.

[onecent]

12. R.I.P....

[FailureToCommunicate]

13. This first woman Attorney General deserves better than EVERY mention of her

-that I've seen or heard so far- putting her controversies in the same sentence as her passing.

[sinkingfeeling]

14. RIP. She was a strong woman.

[dalton99]

15. R.I.P.

[Gothmog]

16. May she rest in peace

[brer cat]

20. RIP, Ms. Reno.

[OKNancy]

21. kick

[Archae]

22. I did have one gripe with her.

During the 1980's "Satanic Panic" she got in on the bandwagon, putting several people in jail for crimes that never occurred.

During Reno's tenure as state attorney, she began what the PBS series Frontline described as a "crusade" against accused child abusers.[6] An editorial in the St. Petersburg Times argued:

"Reno's reputation as a state attorney, the foundation for her eight years as the nation's attorney general and her [2002] candidacy for governor of Florida, was built in significant part by her aggressive prosecution of three sensational child abuse cases in Miami-Dade County. She pioneered a controversial technique for eliciting intimate details from young children and inspired passage of a law allowing them to testify by closed-circuit television, out of the possibly intimidating presence of their suspected molesters."[7]

Several of those prosecuted by Reno were either acquitted or later released by appellate judges. One defendant, "a 14-year-old boy, was acquitted after his attorneys discredited the children's persistent interrogations by a psychologist who called herself the 'yucky secrets doctor.' Another was freed by a federal appeals court after 12 years in prison."[7]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Reno

[OregonBlue]

23. Reno was one amazing woman and one amazingly tough cookie. A true original.

[Jim__]

24. RIP.

[jzodda]

25. Rip

I remember her on Saturday night live one time. She broke through a wall or something as part of the joke.

A trailblazer and target of the loons

[Hekate]

26. Rest in Peace, Ms Reno. Condolences to your loved ones.

Thanks for being among those who showed courage in the face of RW demagoguery and BS.

[Ellen Forradalom]

27. Rest in peace.

You served the Republic well. Go on to a well-deserved rest.

[dbackjon]

28. Rest in Peace

[niyad]

29. requiescat in pace

[icymist]

30. .

[Cooley Hurd]

32. Cross gently, General Reno...

[47of74]

33. RIP Ms. Reno

Thank you for your service.

[awoke_in_2003]

35. Man, Parkinson's is bad news

too bad she didn't get to see history

[LostOne4Ever]

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