JANUARY 26 2008
1. Siegelman, Scrushy legal quest for freedom remains uphill battle
2. Siegelman, Scrushy Quest for Justice an Uphill Fight?
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Siegelman, Scrushy legal quest for freedom
remains uphill battle
by Kim Chandler of Birmingham News
....In most government corruption cases, bribes come in the form of
cash, trips or gifts. But campaign contributions were the bribe
prosecutors alleged in Siegelman's trial.
So the question at the heart of the case has been, when does a
campaign contribution become a bribe? ....Not just a vague deal, but
an express deal" is the burden of proof, Kilborn said.
....Otherwise, Kilborn argued, overzealous prosecutors could go after
any political contributor who receives an appointment or favorable
decision from a politician.
<link to source>
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Siegelman, Scrushy Quest for Justice an
Uphill Fight?
by Roger Shuler of Legal Schnauzer
The Birmingham News carried a story Saturday that is by far the most
fair and balanced piece they have run in the history of the federal
prosecution of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman....This may
not be so apparent to the average news reader, but to our
experienced eyes, it looks like the publisher was out of town and a
different editor was on duty Friday night : )
....Now, the final flaw.
As it has been reported FIRST in the Locust Fork Journal and then a
certain legal blog at Harper’s.org, it is the judge’s responsibility under
federal law to see that a transcript of the trial be completed in a
timely manner. Why is the News so hesitant to take this judge to task?
Even the Montgomery Independent has written about this issue, a
weekly newspaper that gives up its content to be housed on the
same Website as the News at al.com - for no share of the revenue, I’
m told.
<link to source>
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1. Siegelman, Scrushy legal quest for freedom remains uphill battle
2. Siegelman, Scrushy Quest for Justice an Uphill Fight?
..............................................................................................................
Siegelman, Scrushy legal quest for freedom
remains uphill battle
by Kim Chandler of Birmingham News
....In most government corruption cases, bribes come in the form of
cash, trips or gifts. But campaign contributions were the bribe
prosecutors alleged in Siegelman's trial.
So the question at the heart of the case has been, when does a
campaign contribution become a bribe? ....Not just a vague deal, but
an express deal" is the burden of proof, Kilborn said.
....Otherwise, Kilborn argued, overzealous prosecutors could go after
any political contributor who receives an appointment or favorable
decision from a politician.
<link to source>
..............................................................................................................
Siegelman, Scrushy Quest for Justice an
Uphill Fight?
by Roger Shuler of Legal Schnauzer
The Birmingham News carried a story Saturday that is by far the most
fair and balanced piece they have run in the history of the federal
prosecution of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman....This may
not be so apparent to the average news reader, but to our
experienced eyes, it looks like the publisher was out of town and a
different editor was on duty Friday night : )
....Now, the final flaw.
As it has been reported FIRST in the Locust Fork Journal and then a
certain legal blog at Harper’s.org, it is the judge’s responsibility under
federal law to see that a transcript of the trial be completed in a
timely manner. Why is the News so hesitant to take this judge to task?
Even the Montgomery Independent has written about this issue, a
weekly newspaper that gives up its content to be housed on the
same Website as the News at al.com - for no share of the revenue, I’
m told.
<link to source>
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