Talk Left: Tobin's (NJ Phone Jamming) Conviction Reversed Today

[deminks]

Now amid concern that the case was mishandled and involved in the USA scandal.

http://www.talkleft.com/story/2007/3/21/201547/980

RNC Regional Director James Tobin's phone jamming conviction has been reversed. It's remanded for a new trial. The opinion is here. (pdf).

Tobin was sentenced to 10 months in prison on charges of telephone harassment. But the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston ruled that the statute under which Tobin was convicted "is not a close fit" for what Tobin did and questioned whether the government showed that Tobin intended to harass. A Justice Department spokesman said prosecutors were reviewing the decision, and did not say if they planned to appeal.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=468542&mesg_id=468542