Of that small slice, just 17% of prosecuted cases brought jail time--and the average term of incarceration was just six months.

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All of these pardons stunned and outraged the U.S. Attorneys who prosecuted these cases.

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McLelland, elected DA in 2010, said his office had prosecuted several cases against racist gangs, who have a strong presence around Kaufman County, a mostly rural area dotted with subdivisions, with a population of about 104, 000.

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