User:Knope7/sandbox/Janet Reno

Drug Court
Reno helped to establish a drug court to provide low level drug offenders with treatment. In the 1980's, Miami was facing a problem with crack cocaine use, leading to up to 200 drug related arrests a day. Started in March 1989, the program provided a year of treatment for select drug offenders instead of incarceration, and cleared the related arrest from their record upon completion of the program. By 1993 program cost the state approximately $600 per offender as compared to $17,000 for a year of incarceration. Also by 1993similar courts had been established in 25 cities and counties.

Clinton administration investigations
In 1994, Reno appointed Robert Fiske special counsel to investigate Bill Clinton 's involvement in Whitewater, a controversy stemming from Clinton's business dealings during his time as Governor of Arkansas. Fiske wrapped up his criminal investigation within six months, and found no link between Whitewater and the suicide of former Deputy White House Counsel Vince Foster. Congress reauthorized the investigation and in August, 1994, a panel of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals overseeing the special counsel refused to reappoint Fiske. The panel considered it a conflict of interest for Fiske to investigate Clinton because Reno, a member of the Clinton Administration, appointed Fiske. Instead, the panel appointed former member of the Regan and Bush Administrations Ken Starr to continue the Whitewater investigation. Starr concluded the Whitewater investigation in December 1997 due to insufficient evidence. The following month, Starr received permission from Reno to expand his probe turned his probe into conduct related to the Paula Jones and Monica Lewinsky affairs. Starr's Report, issued in September 1998, listed eleven grounds for impeachment against Clinton.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1999/06/30/as-special-counsel-law-expires-power-will-shift-to-reno/d091aa10-16fb-4939-b8c8-ab3eacf93a25/?utm_term=.2a2f20e7e3a5

1 of 16 women in Harvard Law class: http://web.archive.org/web/20161110121255/http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/janet-reno-us-attorney-general-died-43353469