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DECEMBER 22 2007
1. Siegelman Accuser Released
2. Don's Right of Appeal Held Up
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Siegelman Accuser Released
by Scott Horton of Harper's
....As Time magazine’s Adam Zagorin recounts, Young came in to the
discussions with the Justice Department telling them he had dynamite
information linking Alabama Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions
and then-Alabama Attorney General William Pryor to corruption. He
also had something quite trivial relating to Governor Siegelman.
But it turns out that the prosecutors didn’t want to hear a word about
the big-name Republicans. They only cared about Siegelman.
<link to source>
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Don's Right of Appeal Held Up
email from Pam Miles ( Alabama Democratic Ativist )
With all the information flying around about the political origins of the
investigation, trial, and conviction of Don, some basic irrefutable post-
verdict facts are being overlooked. They – in and of themselves –
open an entirely new situation that is equally egregious and deal with
Don’s rights of appeal.
<read more about Judge Fuller here>
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1. Siegelman Accuser Released
2. Don's Right of Appeal Held Up
..........................................................................................................
Siegelman Accuser Released
by Scott Horton of Harper's
....As Time magazine’s Adam Zagorin recounts, Young came in to the
discussions with the Justice Department telling them he had dynamite
information linking Alabama Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions
and then-Alabama Attorney General William Pryor to corruption. He
also had something quite trivial relating to Governor Siegelman.
But it turns out that the prosecutors didn’t want to hear a word about
the big-name Republicans. They only cared about Siegelman.
<link to source>
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Don's Right of Appeal Held Up
email from Pam Miles ( Alabama Democratic Ativist )
With all the information flying around about the political origins of the
investigation, trial, and conviction of Don, some basic irrefutable post-
verdict facts are being overlooked. They – in and of themselves –
open an entirely new situation that is equally egregious and deal with
Don’s rights of appeal.
- Don is nearing his sixth month in prison on a bribery conviction
even though he never was given anything by Richard Scrushy.
The 11th circuit asked Judge Mark Fuller to explain why
Siegelman was taken immediately to prison and he – in his own
written order – refused their request. (Order on file)
The 11th circuit asked Judge Fuller a second time to explain
why Don was denied an appeal bond. They asked him to do
so in an expedited manner. It has been over 35 days and he
has yet to respond. Meanwhile Don remains in prison. (Order
on file)
A key witness who had pleaded guilty and cooperated with the
Government, Lanny Young, was released on December 11, 13
months early. This was done secretly. A hearing was held
with no notification of the media. AP discovered Young’s
release ten days after the fact. (Order on file)
In his interviews with investigators – this same witness had
indicated that he had done the same things for Don that he
had done for Jeff Sessions and William Pryor. According to
those involved and as reported by TIME Magazine and
MSNBC, Sessions and Pryor were not investigated at all while
Don was indicted, tried, convicted, and incarcerated.
The trial transcript is the responsibility of the trial Judge.
Today - 17 months after the trial ended – there is still no
official trial transcript. The excuse being sold out of the middle
district is that the court reporter died. While that is true, Jimmy
Dickens had been ill for an extended period of time and Judge
Fuller took no steps to assure completion of the transcript or
assign the task to anyone else. Even after Mr. Dickens died, it
was some months before Fuller gave the project to anyone
else.
Don can not file a formal appeal without a completed
transcript. At this pace, his formal appeal will not be able to be
filed until next Summer at the earliest – nearly two years since
his conviction.
This is all occurring out in the open and there is absolutely no
scrutiny of this partisan Federal Judge – a former member of
the AL GOP Executive committee who, in years past had
openly opposed Siegelman.
<read more about Judge Fuller here>
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