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	Sessions entered the [[Practice of law\|private practice of law]] in [[Russellville, Alabama\|Russellville]] and later in [[Mobile, Alabama\|Mobile]].<ref name="BDUSC" /><ref>{{cite news \|last1=Ruble \|first1=Joe \|title=Alabama Senator Sessions stumps for Trump in Florida \|url=http://www.news965.com/news/news/local/alabama-senator-sessions-stumps-trump-florida/ns2Yp/ \|work=News 96.5 WDBO \|date=November 1, 2016 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116022546/http://www.news965.com/news/news/local/alabama-senator-sessions-stumps-trump-florida/ns2Yp/ \|archive-date=November 16, 2016}}</ref> He also served in the Army Reserve in the 1970s with the rank of captain.<ref name="BDUSC">{{cite encyclopedia \|title=SESSIONS, Jefferson Beauregard III (Jeff) \|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=s001141 \|dictionary=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]] \|access-date=May 10, 2016 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527001737/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=s001141 \|archive-date=May 27, 2016}}</ref>		Sessions entered the [[Practice of law\|private practice of law]] in [[Russellville, Alabama\|Russellville]] and later in [[Mobile, Alabama\|Mobile]].<ref name="BDUSC" /><ref>{{cite news \|last1=Ruble \|first1=Joe \|title=Alabama Senator Sessions stumps for Trump in Florida \|url=http://www.news965.com/news/news/local/alabama-senator-sessions-stumps-trump-florida/ns2Yp/ \|work=News 96.5 WDBO \|date=November 1, 2016 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116022546/http://www.news965.com/news/news/local/alabama-senator-sessions-stumps-trump-florida/ns2Yp/ \|archive-date=November 16, 2016}}</ref> He also served in the Army Reserve in the 1970s with the rank of captain.<ref name="BDUSC">{{cite encyclopedia \|title=SESSIONS, Jefferson Beauregard III (Jeff) \|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=s001141 \|dictionary=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]] \|access-date=May 10, 2016 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527001737/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=s001141 \|archive-date=May 27, 2016}}</ref>

	== U.S. ~~Attorney~~ for the Southern District of Alabama (1981–1993) ==		== U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Alabama (1981–1993) ==

	Sessions served as an [[Assistant United States Attorney\|assistant United States attorney]] in the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama\|Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama]] beginning in 1975. In 1981, President Reagan nominated him to be the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Alabama. The Senate [[Advice and consent\|confirmed]] him and he held that position for twelve years. In 1993, Sessions resigned his post after Democrat [[Bill Clinton]] was elected President of the United States.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.al.com/news/erry-2018/11/efe8d01b5f6168/jeff-sessions-resigns-whats-ne.html\|title=Jeff Sessions resigns: What's next for Mueller investigation? Alabama Senate race? What we know\|website=AL.com\|last=Gray\|first=Jeremy\|date=November 8, 2018\|access-date=February 12, 2020}}</ref>		Sessions served as an [[Assistant United States Attorney\|assistant United States attorney]] in the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama\|Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama]] beginning in 1975. In 1981, President Reagan nominated him to be the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Alabama. The Senate [[Advice and consent\|confirmed]] him and he held that position for twelve years. In 1993, Sessions resigned his post after Democrat [[Bill Clinton]] was elected President of the United States.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.al.com/news/erry-2018/11/efe8d01b5f6168/jeff-sessions-resigns-whats-ne.html\|title=Jeff Sessions resigns: What's next for Mueller investigation? Alabama Senate race? What we know\|website=AL.com\|last=Gray\|first=Jeremy\|date=November 8, 2018\|access-date=February 12, 2020}}</ref>

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	In September 2017, the Justice Department under Sessions stated that it would no longer investigate police departments and publicize their shortcomings in reports, a policy previously enacted under the Obama administration. These reports were the basis of negotiating consent decrees.<ref name=Timm>{{cite news \|last1=Timm \|first1=Jane \|title=Trump says Obama didn't reform policing – but he did. Then the president ditched it. \|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1231200 \|access-date=June 17, 2020 \|work=[[NBC News]] \|date=June 16, 2020}}</ref>		In September 2017, the Justice Department under Sessions stated that it would no longer investigate police departments and publicize their shortcomings in reports, a policy previously enacted under the Obama administration. These reports were the basis of negotiating consent decrees.<ref name=Timm>{{cite news \|last1=Timm \|first1=Jane \|title=Trump says Obama didn't reform policing – but he did. Then the president ditched it. \|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1231200 \|access-date=June 17, 2020 \|work=[[NBC News]] \|date=June 16, 2020}}</ref>

	On December 22, 2017, Sessions rescinded guidelines intended to warn local courts against imposing excessive fines and fees on poor defendants.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/43qxqp/jeff-sessions-is-cool-with-towns-like-ferguson-fining-the-poor-into-oblivion \|title=Jeff Sessions gives OK for towns like Ferguson to hit the poor with heavy fines \|access-date=December 26, 2017 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226130441/https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/43qxqp/jeff-sessions-is-cool-with-towns-like-ferguson-fining-the-poor-into-oblivion \|archive-date=December 26, 2017\|date=December 22, 2017 }}</ref>		On December 22, 2017, Sessions rescinded guidelines intended to warn local courts against imposing excessive fines and fees on poor defendants.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/43qxqp/jeff-sessions-is-cool-with-towns-like-ferguson-fining-the-poor-into-oblivion \|title=Jeff Sessions gives OK for towns like Ferguson to hit the poor with heavy fines \|access-date=December 26, 2017 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226130441/https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/43qxqp/jeff-sessions-is-cool-with-towns-like-ferguson-fining-the-poor-into-oblivion \|archive-date=December 26, 2017\|date=December 22, 2017 \|first1=Taylor\|last1=Dolven}}</ref>

	Sessions has brought prominence to prosecutions of the [[MS-13]] gang.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Nixon \|first1=Ron \|last2=Robbins \|first2=Liz \|last3=Benner \|first3=Katie \|title=Trump Targets MS-13, a Violent Menace, if Not the One He Portrays \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/us/politics/ms13-gang-threat-trump-policy.html \|access-date=March 9, 2018 \|work=The New York Times \|date=March 2, 2018 \|page=A1 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309090615/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/us/politics/ms13-gang-threat-trump-policy.html \|archive-date=March 9, 2018 \|url-status=live}}</ref>		Sessions has brought prominence to prosecutions of the [[MS-13]] gang.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Nixon \|first1=Ron \|last2=Robbins \|first2=Liz \|last3=Benner \|first3=Katie \|title=Trump Targets MS-13, a Violent Menace, if Not the One He Portrays \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/us/politics/ms13-gang-threat-trump-policy.html \|access-date=March 9, 2018 \|work=The New York Times \|date=March 2, 2018 \|page=A1 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309090615/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/us/politics/ms13-gang-threat-trump-policy.html \|archive-date=March 9, 2018 \|url-status=live}}</ref>

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	Sessions served as an [[Assistant United States Attorney\|assistant United States attorney]] in the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama\|Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama]] beginning in 1975. In 1981, President Reagan nominated him to be the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Alabama. The Senate [[Advice and consent\|confirmed]] him and he held that position for twelve years. In 1993, Sessions resigned his post after Democrat [[Bill Clinton]] was elected President of the United States.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.al.com/news/erry-2018/11/efe8d01b5f6168/jeff-sessions-resigns-whats-ne.html\|title=Jeff Sessions resigns: What's next for Mueller investigation? Alabama Senate race? What we know\|website=AL.com\|last=Gray\|first=Jeremy\|date=November 8, 2018\|access-date=February 12, 2020}}</ref>		Sessions served as an [[Assistant United States Attorney\|assistant United States attorney]] in the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama\|Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama]] beginning in 1975. In 1981, President Reagan nominated him to be the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Alabama. The Senate [[Advice and consent\|confirmed]] him and he held that position for twelve years. In 1993, Sessions resigned his post after Democrat [[Bill Clinton]] was elected President of the United States.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.al.com/news/erry-2018/11/efe8d01b5f6168/jeff-sessions-resigns-whats-ne.html\|title=Jeff Sessions resigns: What's next for Mueller investigation? Alabama Senate race? What we know\|website=AL.com\|last=Gray\|first=Jeremy\|date=November 8, 2018\|access-date=February 12, 2020}}</ref>

	Sessions's office filed civil rights charges in the 1981 killing of [[Michael Donald]], a young [[African Americans\|African American]] man who was murdered in [[Mobile, Alabama]], by a pair of [[Ku Klux Klan]] members.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Donald Trump offers Jeff Sessions attorney general post \|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-offers-jeff-sessions-attorney-general-post/ \|work=[[CBS News]] \|date=November 18, 2016 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119125607/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-offers-jeff-sessions-attorney-general-post/ \|archive-date=November 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name="abc-jeff-sessions-civil-rights" /> Sessions's office did not prosecute the case, as homicide is ~~the~~ prosecuted by the state government, but both men were arrested and convicted.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Alabama Judge Overrules Jury, Sentences a Klansman to Death \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/03/us/alabama-judge-overrules-jury-sentences-a-klansman-to-death.html \|access-date=November 19, 2016 \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|date=February 3, 1984 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120031114/http://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/03/us/alabama-judge-overrules-jury-sentences-a-klansman-to-death.html \|archive-date=November 20, 2016}}</ref>		Sessions's office filed civil rights charges in the 1981 killing of [[Michael Donald]], a young [[African Americans\|African American]] man who was murdered in [[Mobile, Alabama]], by a pair of [[Ku Klux Klan]] members.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Donald Trump offers Jeff Sessions attorney general post \|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-offers-jeff-sessions-attorney-general-post/ \|work=[[CBS News]] \|date=November 18, 2016 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119125607/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-offers-jeff-sessions-attorney-general-post/ \|archive-date=November 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name="abc-jeff-sessions-civil-rights" /> Sessions's office did not prosecute the case, as homicide is prosecuted by the state government, but both men were arrested and convicted.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Alabama Judge Overrules Jury, Sentences a Klansman to Death \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/03/us/alabama-judge-overrules-jury-sentences-a-klansman-to-death.html \|access-date=November 19, 2016 \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|date=February 3, 1984 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120031114/http://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/03/us/alabama-judge-overrules-jury-sentences-a-klansman-to-death.html \|archive-date=November 20, 2016}}</ref>

	In 1985, Sessions prosecuted three African American community organizers in the [[Black Belt (region of Alabama)\|Black Belt of Alabama]], including [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]'s former aide [[Albert Turner (civil rights activist)\|Albert Turner]], for [[Voter impersonation\|voter fraud]], alleging tampering with 14 absentee ballots. The prosecution stirred charges of selective prosecution of black voter registration. The defendants, known as the Marion Three, were acquitted of all charges by a jury after three hours of deliberation. Historian [[Wayne Flynt]] told ''[[The Washington Post]]'' he regarded concerns about tactics employed in the 1984 election and by Turner in particular as legitimate, but also noted Sessions had no history of advocating for black voter rights before 1984.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Lee \|first1=Michelle Ye Hee \|title=The facts about the voter fraud case that sank Jeff Sessions' bid for a judgeship \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/11/28/the-facts-about-the-voter-fraud-case-that-sunk-jeff-sessionss-bid-for-a-judgeship/ \|access-date=November 28, 2016 \|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] \|date=November 28, 2016 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128123208/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/11/28/the-facts-about-the-voter-fraud-case-that-sunk-jeff-sessionss-bid-for-a-judgeship/ \|archive-date=November 28, 2016}}</ref><ref name=newrepublicNOV16>{{Cite news \|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/61363/closed-sessions \|title=Closed Sessions \|last=[[Sarah Wildman]] \|date=December 29, 2002 \|magazine=[[The New Republic]] \|access-date=November 19, 2016 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118170402/https://newrepublic.com/article/61363/closed-sessions \|archive-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref> Interviewed in 2009, Sessions said he remained convinced that he did the right thing, but admitted he "failed to make the case".<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Hemingway \|first1=Mark \|title=The Court Is in Sessions \|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/227464/court-sessions-mark-hemingway \|access-date=November 19, 2016 \|work=National Review \|date=May 8, 2009 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119184003/http://www.nationalreview.com/article/227464/court-sessions-mark-hemingway \|archive-date=November 19, 2016}}</ref>		In 1985, Sessions prosecuted three African American community organizers in the [[Black Belt (region of Alabama)\|Black Belt of Alabama]], including [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]'s former aide [[Albert Turner (civil rights activist)\|Albert Turner]], for [[Voter impersonation\|voter fraud]], alleging tampering with 14 absentee ballots. The prosecution stirred charges of selective prosecution of black voter registration. The defendants, known as the Marion Three, were acquitted of all charges by a jury after three hours of deliberation. Historian [[Wayne Flynt]] told ''[[The Washington Post]]'' he regarded concerns about tactics employed in the 1984 election and by Turner in particular as legitimate, but also noted Sessions had no history of advocating for black voter rights before 1984.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Lee \|first1=Michelle Ye Hee \|title=The facts about the voter fraud case that sank Jeff Sessions' bid for a judgeship \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/11/28/the-facts-about-the-voter-fraud-case-that-sunk-jeff-sessionss-bid-for-a-judgeship/ \|access-date=November 28, 2016 \|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] \|date=November 28, 2016 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128123208/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/11/28/the-facts-about-the-voter-fraud-case-that-sunk-jeff-sessionss-bid-for-a-judgeship/ \|archive-date=November 28, 2016}}</ref><ref name=newrepublicNOV16>{{Cite news \|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/61363/closed-sessions \|title=Closed Sessions \|last=[[Sarah Wildman]] \|date=December 29, 2002 \|magazine=[[The New Republic]] \|access-date=November 19, 2016 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118170402/https://newrepublic.com/article/61363/closed-sessions \|archive-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref> Interviewed in 2009, Sessions said he remained convinced that he did the right thing, but admitted he "failed to make the case".<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Hemingway \|first1=Mark \|title=The Court Is in Sessions \|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/227464/court-sessions-mark-hemingway \|access-date=November 19, 2016 \|work=National Review \|date=May 8, 2009 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119184003/http://www.nationalreview.com/article/227464/court-sessions-mark-hemingway \|archive-date=November 19, 2016}}</ref>

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	Sessions served as an [[Assistant United States Attorney\|assistant United States attorney]] in the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama\|Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama]] beginning in 1975. In 1981, President Reagan nominated him to be the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Alabama. The Senate [[Advice and consent\|confirmed]] him and he held that position for twelve years. In 1993, Sessions resigned his post after Democrat [[Bill Clinton]] was elected President of the United States.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.al.com/news/erry-2018/11/efe8d01b5f6168/jeff-sessions-resigns-whats-ne.html\|title=Jeff Sessions resigns: What's next for Mueller investigation? Alabama Senate race? What we know\|website=AL.com\|last=Gray\|first=Jeremy\|date=November 8, 2018\|access-date=February 12, 2020}}</ref>		Sessions served as an [[Assistant United States Attorney\|assistant United States attorney]] in the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama\|Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama]] beginning in 1975. In 1981, President Reagan nominated him to be the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Alabama. The Senate [[Advice and consent\|confirmed]] him and he held that position for twelve years. In 1993, Sessions resigned his post after Democrat [[Bill Clinton]] was elected President of the United States.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.al.com/news/erry-2018/11/efe8d01b5f6168/jeff-sessions-resigns-whats-ne.html\|title=Jeff Sessions resigns: What's next for Mueller investigation? Alabama Senate race? What we know\|website=AL.com\|last=Gray\|first=Jeremy\|date=November 8, 2018\|access-date=February 12, 2020}}</ref>

	Sessions's office filed civil rights charges in the 1981 killing of [[Michael Donald]], a young [[African Americans\|African American]] man who was murdered in [[Mobile, Alabama]], by a pair of [[Ku Klux Klan]] members.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Donald Trump offers Jeff Sessions attorney general post \|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-offers-jeff-sessions-attorney-general-post/ \|work=[[CBS News]] \|date=November 18, 2016 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119125607/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-offers-jeff-sessions-attorney-general-post/ \|archive-date=November 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name="abc-jeff-sessions-civil-rights" /> Sessions's office did not prosecute the case, but both men were arrested and convicted.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Alabama Judge Overrules Jury, Sentences a Klansman to Death \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/03/us/alabama-judge-overrules-jury-sentences-a-klansman-to-death.html \|access-date=November 19, 2016 \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|date=February 3, 1984 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120031114/http://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/03/us/alabama-judge-overrules-jury-sentences-a-klansman-to-death.html \|archive-date=November 20, 2016}}</ref>		Sessions's office filed civil rights charges in the 1981 killing of [[Michael Donald]], a young [[African Americans\|African American]] man who was murdered in [[Mobile, Alabama]], by a pair of [[Ku Klux Klan]] members.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Donald Trump offers Jeff Sessions attorney general post \|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-offers-jeff-sessions-attorney-general-post/ \|work=[[CBS News]] \|date=November 18, 2016 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119125607/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-offers-jeff-sessions-attorney-general-post/ \|archive-date=November 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name="abc-jeff-sessions-civil-rights" /> Sessions's office did not prosecute the case, as homicide is the prosecuted by the state government, but both men were arrested and convicted.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Alabama Judge Overrules Jury, Sentences a Klansman to Death \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/03/us/alabama-judge-overrules-jury-sentences-a-klansman-to-death.html \|access-date=November 19, 2016 \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|date=February 3, 1984 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120031114/http://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/03/us/alabama-judge-overrules-jury-sentences-a-klansman-to-death.html \|archive-date=November 20, 2016}}</ref>

	In 1985, Sessions prosecuted three African American community organizers in the [[Black Belt (region of Alabama)\|Black Belt of Alabama]], including [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]'s former aide [[Albert Turner (civil rights activist)\|Albert Turner]], for [[Voter impersonation\|voter fraud]], alleging tampering with 14 absentee ballots. The prosecution stirred charges of selective prosecution of black voter registration. The defendants, known as the Marion Three, were acquitted of all charges by a jury after three hours of deliberation. Historian [[Wayne Flynt]] told ''[[The Washington Post]]'' he regarded concerns about tactics employed in the 1984 election and by Turner in particular as legitimate, but also noted Sessions had no history of advocating for black voter rights before 1984.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Lee \|first1=Michelle Ye Hee \|title=The facts about the voter fraud case that sank Jeff Sessions' bid for a judgeship \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/11/28/the-facts-about-the-voter-fraud-case-that-sunk-jeff-sessionss-bid-for-a-judgeship/ \|access-date=November 28, 2016 \|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] \|date=November 28, 2016 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128123208/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/11/28/the-facts-about-the-voter-fraud-case-that-sunk-jeff-sessionss-bid-for-a-judgeship/ \|archive-date=November 28, 2016}}</ref><ref name=newrepublicNOV16>{{Cite news \|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/61363/closed-sessions \|title=Closed Sessions \|last=[[Sarah Wildman]] \|date=December 29, 2002 \|magazine=[[The New Republic]] \|access-date=November 19, 2016 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118170402/https://newrepublic.com/article/61363/closed-sessions \|archive-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref> Interviewed in 2009, Sessions said he remained convinced that he did the right thing, but admitted he "failed to make the case".<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Hemingway \|first1=Mark \|title=The Court Is in Sessions \|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/227464/court-sessions-mark-hemingway \|access-date=November 19, 2016 \|work=National Review \|date=May 8, 2009 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119184003/http://www.nationalreview.com/article/227464/court-sessions-mark-hemingway \|archive-date=November 19, 2016}}</ref>		In 1985, Sessions prosecuted three African American community organizers in the [[Black Belt (region of Alabama)\|Black Belt of Alabama]], including [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]'s former aide [[Albert Turner (civil rights activist)\|Albert Turner]], for [[Voter impersonation\|voter fraud]], alleging tampering with 14 absentee ballots. The prosecution stirred charges of selective prosecution of black voter registration. The defendants, known as the Marion Three, were acquitted of all charges by a jury after three hours of deliberation. Historian [[Wayne Flynt]] told ''[[The Washington Post]]'' he regarded concerns about tactics employed in the 1984 election and by Turner in particular as legitimate, but also noted Sessions had no history of advocating for black voter rights before 1984.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Lee \|first1=Michelle Ye Hee \|title=The facts about the voter fraud case that sank Jeff Sessions' bid for a judgeship \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/11/28/the-facts-about-the-voter-fraud-case-that-sunk-jeff-sessionss-bid-for-a-judgeship/ \|access-date=November 28, 2016 \|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] \|date=November 28, 2016 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128123208/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/11/28/the-facts-about-the-voter-fraud-case-that-sunk-jeff-sessionss-bid-for-a-judgeship/ \|archive-date=November 28, 2016}}</ref><ref name=newrepublicNOV16>{{Cite news \|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/61363/closed-sessions \|title=Closed Sessions \|last=[[Sarah Wildman]] \|date=December 29, 2002 \|magazine=[[The New Republic]] \|access-date=November 19, 2016 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118170402/https://newrepublic.com/article/61363/closed-sessions \|archive-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref> Interviewed in 2009, Sessions said he remained convinced that he did the right thing, but admitted he "failed to make the case".<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Hemingway \|first1=Mark \|title=The Court Is in Sessions \|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/227464/court-sessions-mark-hemingway \|access-date=November 19, 2016 \|work=National Review \|date=May 8, 2009 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119184003/http://www.nationalreview.com/article/227464/court-sessions-mark-hemingway \|archive-date=November 19, 2016}}</ref>

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	On September 3, 2018, Trump complained on Twitter that "investigations of two very popular Republican Congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge, just ahead of the Mid-Terms, by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department. Two easy wins now in doubt because there is not enough time." Many lawmakers, including Republican senators, said Trump's remark was inappropriate, and a spokesperson for House Speaker [[Paul Ryan]] said the Justice Department "should always remain apolitical".<ref name="Lucey">{{cite news \|url=https://apnews.com/5d4ab57880b14567a9bd2351d67a3067/Republicans-hit-Trump-for-criticizing-Justice-Department \|title=Republicans hit Trump for criticizing Justice Department \|last=Lucey \|first=Catherine \|date=September 4, 2018 \|work=AP News \|access-date=September 15, 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916022644/https://apnews.com/5d4ab57880b14567a9bd2351d67a3067/Republicans-hit-Trump-for-criticizing-Justice-Department \|archive-date=September 16, 2018 \|url-status=live}}</ref>		On September 3, 2018, Trump complained on Twitter that "investigations of two very popular Republican Congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge, just ahead of the Mid-Terms, by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department. Two easy wins now in doubt because there is not enough time." Many lawmakers, including Republican senators, said Trump's remark was inappropriate, and a spokesperson for House Speaker [[Paul Ryan]] said the Justice Department "should always remain apolitical".<ref name="Lucey">{{cite news \|url=https://apnews.com/5d4ab57880b14567a9bd2351d67a3067/Republicans-hit-Trump-for-criticizing-Justice-Department \|title=Republicans hit Trump for criticizing Justice Department \|last=Lucey \|first=Catherine \|date=September 4, 2018 \|work=AP News \|access-date=September 15, 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916022644/https://apnews.com/5d4ab57880b14567a9bd2351d67a3067/Republicans-hit-Trump-for-criticizing-Justice-Department \|archive-date=September 16, 2018 \|url-status=live}}</ref>

	Trump often hinted he wanted to fire Sessions, perhaps after the November 2018 elections. Sessions told associates he did not intend to resign,<ref name="Lucey" /> but on November 7, 2018, he submitted a letter of resignation to Chief of Staff John Kelly at President Trump's request.		Trump often hinted he wanted to fire Sessions, perhaps after the November 2018 elections. Sessions told associates he did not intend to resign,<ref name="Lucey" /> but on November 7, 2018, he submitted a letter of resignation to Chief of Staff [[John F. Kelly\|John Kelly]] at President Trump's request.

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	In September 2017, the Justice Department under Sessions stated that it would no longer investigate police departments and publicize their shortcomings in reports, a policy previously enacted under the Obama administration. These reports were the basis of negotiating consent decrees.<ref name=Timm>{{cite news \|last1=Timm \|first1=Jane \|title=Trump says Obama didn't reform policing – but he did. Then the president ditched it. \|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1231200 \|access-date=June 17, 2020 \|work=[[NBC News]] \|date=June 16, 2020}}</ref>		In September 2017, the Justice Department under Sessions stated that it would no longer investigate police departments and publicize their shortcomings in reports, a policy previously enacted under the Obama administration. These reports were the basis of negotiating consent decrees.<ref name=Timm>{{cite news \|last1=Timm \|first1=Jane \|title=Trump says Obama didn't reform policing – but he did. Then the president ditched it. \|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1231200 \|access-date=June 17, 2020 \|work=[[NBC News]] \|date=June 16, 2020}}</ref>

	On December 22, 2017, Sessions rescinded guidelines intended to warn local courts against imposing excessive fines and fees on poor defendants.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/43qxqp/jeff-sessions-is-cool-with-towns-like-ferguson-fining-the-poor-into-oblivion \|title=Jeff Sessions gives OK for towns like Ferguson to hit the poor with heavy fines \|access-date=December 26, 2017 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226130441/https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/43qxqp/jeff-sessions-is-cool-with-towns-like-ferguson-fining-the-poor-into-oblivion \|archive-date=December 26, 2017\|date=December 22, 2017 }}</ref>		On December 22, 2017, Sessions rescinded guidelines intended to warn local courts against imposing excessive fines and fees on poor defendants.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/43qxqp/jeff-sessions-is-cool-with-towns-like-ferguson-fining-the-poor-into-oblivion \|title=Jeff Sessions gives OK for towns like Ferguson to hit the poor with heavy fines \|access-date=December 26, 2017 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226130441/https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/43qxqp/jeff-sessions-is-cool-with-towns-like-ferguson-fining-the-poor-into-oblivion \|archive-date=December 26, 2017\|date=December 22, 2017 \|first1=Taylor\|last1=Dolven}}</ref>

	Sessions has brought prominence to prosecutions of the [[MS-13]] gang.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Nixon \|first1=Ron \|last2=Robbins \|first2=Liz \|last3=Benner \|first3=Katie \|title=Trump Targets MS-13, a Violent Menace, if Not the One He Portrays \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/us/politics/ms13-gang-threat-trump-policy.html \|access-date=March 9, 2018 \|work=The New York Times \|date=March 2, 2018 \|page=A1 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309090615/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/us/politics/ms13-gang-threat-trump-policy.html \|archive-date=March 9, 2018 \|url-status=live}}</ref>		Sessions has brought prominence to prosecutions of the [[MS-13]] gang.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Nixon \|first1=Ron \|last2=Robbins \|first2=Liz \|last3=Benner \|first3=Katie \|title=Trump Targets MS-13, a Violent Menace, if Not the One He Portrays \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/us/politics/ms13-gang-threat-trump-policy.html \|access-date=March 9, 2018 \|work=The New York Times \|date=March 2, 2018 \|page=A1 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309090615/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/us/politics/ms13-gang-threat-trump-policy.html \|archive-date=March 9, 2018 \|url-status=live}}</ref>

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	Sessions served as an [[Assistant United States Attorney\|assistant United States attorney]] in the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama\|Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama]] beginning in 1975. In 1981, President Reagan nominated him to be the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Alabama. The Senate [[Advice and consent\|confirmed]] him and he held that position for twelve years. In 1993, Sessions resigned his post after Democrat [[Bill Clinton]] was elected President of the United States.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.al.com/news/erry-2018/11/efe8d01b5f6168/jeff-sessions-resigns-whats-ne.html\|title=Jeff Sessions resigns: What's next for Mueller investigation? Alabama Senate race? What we know\|website=AL.com\|last=Gray\|first=Jeremy\|date=November 8, 2018\|access-date=February 12, 2020}}</ref>		Sessions served as an [[Assistant United States Attorney\|assistant United States attorney]] in the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama\|Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama]] beginning in 1975. In 1981, President Reagan nominated him to be the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Alabama. The Senate [[Advice and consent\|confirmed]] him and he held that position for twelve years. In 1993, Sessions resigned his post after Democrat [[Bill Clinton]] was elected President of the United States.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.al.com/news/erry-2018/11/efe8d01b5f6168/jeff-sessions-resigns-whats-ne.html\|title=Jeff Sessions resigns: What's next for Mueller investigation? Alabama Senate race? What we know\|website=AL.com\|last=Gray\|first=Jeremy\|date=November 8, 2018\|access-date=February 12, 2020}}</ref>

	Sessions's office filed civil rights charges in the 1981 killing of [[Michael Donald]], a young [[African Americans\|African American]] man who was murdered in [[Mobile, Alabama]], by a pair of [[Ku Klux Klan]] members.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Donald Trump offers Jeff Sessions attorney general post \|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-offers-jeff-sessions-attorney-general-post/ \|work=[[CBS News]] \|date=November 18, 2016 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119125607/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-offers-jeff-sessions-attorney-general-post/ \|archive-date=November 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name="abc-jeff-sessions-civil-rights" /> Sessions's office did not prosecute the case, as homicide is ~~the~~ prosecuted by the state government, but both men were arrested and convicted.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Alabama Judge Overrules Jury, Sentences a Klansman to Death \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/03/us/alabama-judge-overrules-jury-sentences-a-klansman-to-death.html \|access-date=November 19, 2016 \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|date=February 3, 1984 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120031114/http://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/03/us/alabama-judge-overrules-jury-sentences-a-klansman-to-death.html \|archive-date=November 20, 2016}}</ref>		Sessions's office filed civil rights charges in the 1981 killing of [[Michael Donald]], a young [[African Americans\|African American]] man who was murdered in [[Mobile, Alabama]], by a pair of [[Ku Klux Klan]] members.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Donald Trump offers Jeff Sessions attorney general post \|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-offers-jeff-sessions-attorney-general-post/ \|work=[[CBS News]] \|date=November 18, 2016 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119125607/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-offers-jeff-sessions-attorney-general-post/ \|archive-date=November 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name="abc-jeff-sessions-civil-rights" /> Sessions's office did not prosecute the case, as homicide is prosecuted by the state government, but both men were arrested and convicted.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Alabama Judge Overrules Jury, Sentences a Klansman to Death \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/03/us/alabama-judge-overrules-jury-sentences-a-klansman-to-death.html \|access-date=November 19, 2016 \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|date=February 3, 1984 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120031114/http://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/03/us/alabama-judge-overrules-jury-sentences-a-klansman-to-death.html \|archive-date=November 20, 2016}}</ref>

	In 1985, Sessions prosecuted three African American community organizers in the [[Black Belt (region of Alabama)\|Black Belt of Alabama]], including [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]'s former aide [[Albert Turner (civil rights activist)\|Albert Turner]], for [[Voter impersonation\|voter fraud]], alleging tampering with 14 absentee ballots. The prosecution stirred charges of selective prosecution of black voter registration. The defendants, known as the Marion Three, were acquitted of all charges by a jury after three hours of deliberation. Historian [[Wayne Flynt]] told ''[[The Washington Post]]'' he regarded concerns about tactics employed in the 1984 election and by Turner in particular as legitimate, but also noted Sessions had no history of advocating for black voter rights before 1984.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Lee \|first1=Michelle Ye Hee \|title=The facts about the voter fraud case that sank Jeff Sessions' bid for a judgeship \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/11/28/the-facts-about-the-voter-fraud-case-that-sunk-jeff-sessionss-bid-for-a-judgeship/ \|access-date=November 28, 2016 \|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] \|date=November 28, 2016 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128123208/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/11/28/the-facts-about-the-voter-fraud-case-that-sunk-jeff-sessionss-bid-for-a-judgeship/ \|archive-date=November 28, 2016}}</ref><ref name=newrepublicNOV16>{{Cite news \|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/61363/closed-sessions \|title=Closed Sessions \|last=[[Sarah Wildman]] \|date=December 29, 2002 \|magazine=[[The New Republic]] \|access-date=November 19, 2016 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118170402/https://newrepublic.com/article/61363/closed-sessions \|archive-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref> Interviewed in 2009, Sessions said he remained convinced that he did the right thing, but admitted he "failed to make the case".<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Hemingway \|first1=Mark \|title=The Court Is in Sessions \|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/227464/court-sessions-mark-hemingway \|access-date=November 19, 2016 \|work=National Review \|date=May 8, 2009 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119184003/http://www.nationalreview.com/article/227464/court-sessions-mark-hemingway \|archive-date=November 19, 2016}}</ref>		In 1985, Sessions prosecuted three African American community organizers in the [[Black Belt (region of Alabama)\|Black Belt of Alabama]], including [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]'s former aide [[Albert Turner (civil rights activist)\|Albert Turner]], for [[Voter impersonation\|voter fraud]], alleging tampering with 14 absentee ballots. The prosecution stirred charges of selective prosecution of black voter registration. The defendants, known as the Marion Three, were acquitted of all charges by a jury after three hours of deliberation. Historian [[Wayne Flynt]] told ''[[The Washington Post]]'' he regarded concerns about tactics employed in the 1984 election and by Turner in particular as legitimate, but also noted Sessions had no history of advocating for black voter rights before 1984.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Lee \|first1=Michelle Ye Hee \|title=The facts about the voter fraud case that sank Jeff Sessions' bid for a judgeship \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/11/28/the-facts-about-the-voter-fraud-case-that-sunk-jeff-sessionss-bid-for-a-judgeship/ \|access-date=November 28, 2016 \|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] \|date=November 28, 2016 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128123208/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/11/28/the-facts-about-the-voter-fraud-case-that-sunk-jeff-sessionss-bid-for-a-judgeship/ \|archive-date=November 28, 2016}}</ref><ref name=newrepublicNOV16>{{Cite news \|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/61363/closed-sessions \|title=Closed Sessions \|last=[[Sarah Wildman]] \|date=December 29, 2002 \|magazine=[[The New Republic]] \|access-date=November 19, 2016 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118170402/https://newrepublic.com/article/61363/closed-sessions \|archive-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref> Interviewed in 2009, Sessions said he remained convinced that he did the right thing, but admitted he "failed to make the case".<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Hemingway \|first1=Mark \|title=The Court Is in Sessions \|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/227464/court-sessions-mark-hemingway \|access-date=November 19, 2016 \|work=National Review \|date=May 8, 2009 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119184003/http://www.nationalreview.com/article/227464/court-sessions-mark-hemingway \|archive-date=November 19, 2016}}</ref>

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	Sessions served as an [[Assistant United States Attorney\|assistant United States attorney]] in the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama\|Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama]] beginning in 1975. In 1981, President Reagan nominated him to be the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Alabama. The Senate [[Advice and consent\|confirmed]] him and he held that position for twelve years. In 1993, Sessions resigned his post after Democrat [[Bill Clinton]] was elected President of the United States.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.al.com/news/erry-2018/11/efe8d01b5f6168/jeff-sessions-resigns-whats-ne.html\|title=Jeff Sessions resigns: What's next for Mueller investigation? Alabama Senate race? What we know\|website=AL.com\|last=Gray\|first=Jeremy\|date=November 8, 2018\|access-date=February 12, 2020}}</ref>		Sessions served as an [[Assistant United States Attorney\|assistant United States attorney]] in the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama\|Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama]] beginning in 1975. In 1981, President Reagan nominated him to be the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Alabama. The Senate [[Advice and consent\|confirmed]] him and he held that position for twelve years. In 1993, Sessions resigned his post after Democrat [[Bill Clinton]] was elected President of the United States.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.al.com/news/erry-2018/11/efe8d01b5f6168/jeff-sessions-resigns-whats-ne.html\|title=Jeff Sessions resigns: What's next for Mueller investigation? Alabama Senate race? What we know\|website=AL.com\|last=Gray\|first=Jeremy\|date=November 8, 2018\|access-date=February 12, 2020}}</ref>

	Sessions's office filed civil rights charges in the 1981 killing of [[Michael Donald]], a young [[African Americans\|African American]] man who was murdered in [[Mobile, Alabama]], by a pair of [[Ku Klux Klan]] members.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Donald Trump offers Jeff Sessions attorney general post \|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-offers-jeff-sessions-attorney-general-post/ \|work=[[CBS News]] \|date=November 18, 2016 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119125607/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-offers-jeff-sessions-attorney-general-post/ \|archive-date=November 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name="abc-jeff-sessions-civil-rights" /> Sessions's office did not prosecute the case, but both men were arrested and convicted.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Alabama Judge Overrules Jury, Sentences a Klansman to Death \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/03/us/alabama-judge-overrules-jury-sentences-a-klansman-to-death.html \|access-date=November 19, 2016 \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|date=February 3, 1984 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120031114/http://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/03/us/alabama-judge-overrules-jury-sentences-a-klansman-to-death.html \|archive-date=November 20, 2016}}</ref>		Sessions's office filed civil rights charges in the 1981 killing of [[Michael Donald]], a young [[African Americans\|African American]] man who was murdered in [[Mobile, Alabama]], by a pair of [[Ku Klux Klan]] members.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Donald Trump offers Jeff Sessions attorney general post \|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-offers-jeff-sessions-attorney-general-post/ \|work=[[CBS News]] \|date=November 18, 2016 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119125607/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-offers-jeff-sessions-attorney-general-post/ \|archive-date=November 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name="abc-jeff-sessions-civil-rights" /> Sessions's office did not prosecute the case, as homicide is the prosecuted by the state government, but both men were arrested and convicted.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Alabama Judge Overrules Jury, Sentences a Klansman to Death \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/03/us/alabama-judge-overrules-jury-sentences-a-klansman-to-death.html \|access-date=November 19, 2016 \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|date=February 3, 1984 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120031114/http://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/03/us/alabama-judge-overrules-jury-sentences-a-klansman-to-death.html \|archive-date=November 20, 2016}}</ref>

	In 1985, Sessions prosecuted three African American community organizers in the [[Black Belt (region of Alabama)\|Black Belt of Alabama]], including [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]'s former aide [[Albert Turner (civil rights activist)\|Albert Turner]], for [[Voter impersonation\|voter fraud]], alleging tampering with 14 absentee ballots. The prosecution stirred charges of selective prosecution of black voter registration. The defendants, known as the Marion Three, were acquitted of all charges by a jury after three hours of deliberation. Historian [[Wayne Flynt]] told ''[[The Washington Post]]'' he regarded concerns about tactics employed in the 1984 election and by Turner in particular as legitimate, but also noted Sessions had no history of advocating for black voter rights before 1984.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Lee \|first1=Michelle Ye Hee \|title=The facts about the voter fraud case that sank Jeff Sessions' bid for a judgeship \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/11/28/the-facts-about-the-voter-fraud-case-that-sunk-jeff-sessionss-bid-for-a-judgeship/ \|access-date=November 28, 2016 \|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] \|date=November 28, 2016 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128123208/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/11/28/the-facts-about-the-voter-fraud-case-that-sunk-jeff-sessionss-bid-for-a-judgeship/ \|archive-date=November 28, 2016}}</ref><ref name=newrepublicNOV16>{{Cite news \|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/61363/closed-sessions \|title=Closed Sessions \|last=[[Sarah Wildman]] \|date=December 29, 2002 \|magazine=[[The New Republic]] \|access-date=November 19, 2016 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118170402/https://newrepublic.com/article/61363/closed-sessions \|archive-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref> Interviewed in 2009, Sessions said he remained convinced that he did the right thing, but admitted he "failed to make the case".<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Hemingway \|first1=Mark \|title=The Court Is in Sessions \|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/227464/court-sessions-mark-hemingway \|access-date=November 19, 2016 \|work=National Review \|date=May 8, 2009 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119184003/http://www.nationalreview.com/article/227464/court-sessions-mark-hemingway \|archive-date=November 19, 2016}}</ref>		In 1985, Sessions prosecuted three African American community organizers in the [[Black Belt (region of Alabama)\|Black Belt of Alabama]], including [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]'s former aide [[Albert Turner (civil rights activist)\|Albert Turner]], for [[Voter impersonation\|voter fraud]], alleging tampering with 14 absentee ballots. The prosecution stirred charges of selective prosecution of black voter registration. The defendants, known as the Marion Three, were acquitted of all charges by a jury after three hours of deliberation. Historian [[Wayne Flynt]] told ''[[The Washington Post]]'' he regarded concerns about tactics employed in the 1984 election and by Turner in particular as legitimate, but also noted Sessions had no history of advocating for black voter rights before 1984.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Lee \|first1=Michelle Ye Hee \|title=The facts about the voter fraud case that sank Jeff Sessions' bid for a judgeship \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/11/28/the-facts-about-the-voter-fraud-case-that-sunk-jeff-sessionss-bid-for-a-judgeship/ \|access-date=November 28, 2016 \|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] \|date=November 28, 2016 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128123208/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/11/28/the-facts-about-the-voter-fraud-case-that-sunk-jeff-sessionss-bid-for-a-judgeship/ \|archive-date=November 28, 2016}}</ref><ref name=newrepublicNOV16>{{Cite news \|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/61363/closed-sessions \|title=Closed Sessions \|last=[[Sarah Wildman]] \|date=December 29, 2002 \|magazine=[[The New Republic]] \|access-date=November 19, 2016 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118170402/https://newrepublic.com/article/61363/closed-sessions \|archive-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref> Interviewed in 2009, Sessions said he remained convinced that he did the right thing, but admitted he "failed to make the case".<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Hemingway \|first1=Mark \|title=The Court Is in Sessions \|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/227464/court-sessions-mark-hemingway \|access-date=November 19, 2016 \|work=National Review \|date=May 8, 2009 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119184003/http://www.nationalreview.com/article/227464/court-sessions-mark-hemingway \|archive-date=November 19, 2016}}</ref>