Justice on Stevens »
Posted By tehranchik 8 months, 3 weeks ago in Political NewsAttorney General Eric Holder has decided that the Justice Department should abandon the corruption conviction secured against former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens. The bombshell decision has nothing to do with the merits of the case against Stevens–it stems from a recognition that the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section behaved unethically in the conduct of the case—withholding vital evidence from the defense, among other things. Holder is himself a former Public Integrity prosecutor. He made the right call in the Stevens case.
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Progressive8 months, 3 weeks ago
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I was going to submit this separately, but it fits nicely into your story, tehranchik:
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lfergie8128 months, 3 weeks ago
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Thanks Progressive, It points out what many of us already knew and that is the fact that the appointees of the Bush administration were only interested in prosecuting politicians just before the election but it puzzles me as to why they went after one of their own.
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From your article: "A House Judiciary Committee report completed in 2008 also found substantial evidence that a large number of Public Integrity prosecutions were politically motivated and may have been directed out of the White House. An internal Justice Department probe looking into the firing of eight U.S. attorneys found evidence of just such White House interference in at least one political prosecution, which has now been turned over to a special prosecution for further investigation. The misconduct by the Public Integrity prosecutors was itself potentially criminal in nature."
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gamahuche8 months, 3 weeks ago
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Thanks for the post, TC!
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May all the curtains be drawn back, the windows thrown open and clear daylight be shone on these scandalous acts by the previous maladministration.
[A little defenestration would be an appropriate remedy but "if you can't beat 'em join 'em is NOT the way to go. Beating them is MUCH more wholesome but even a cat-o'-nine-tails hardly seems a sufficient scourge.]
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