Political Prisoner Don Seigelman: TIME COVER STORY to be Political Prosecutions in Alabama

[L. Coyote]

This is huge news to come.
Plus, also next week, the House Judiciary Committee will start hearings on politically motivated prosecutions.

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TIME Reports on the Political Prosecutions in Alabama
BY Scott Horton - October 5, 2007
http://www.harpers.org/archive/2007/10/hbc-90001359

“I’ve never seen anything quite like this,” remarked a nationally known print journalist in a conversation three weeks ago. “Everything I’ve been told by the convicted defendants checks out as the gospel truth. And everything I’m told by federal prosecutors who pushed the case turns out either to be an outrageous lie or at least a very serious distortion. And the local journalists who wrote the most about the case all behave like they’re accessories after the fact in a criminal investigation.”

Welcome to the Siegelman case. And this week the cover will be pulled back further on the fraudulent criminal prosecution launched by U.S. Attorney Leura Canary, wife of the state’s G.O.P. campaign kingpin, and attorneys working for her. On Thursday of next week, the House Judiciary Committee will conduct its first hearings ever dealing with politically motivated prosecutions. And center stage will be occupied by the corrupt trial and conviction of Alabama Governor Don E. Siegelman.

Today, Time Magazine delivers us a tiny appetizer for the feast which is approaching. It publishes as its cover story for the next issue the first pieces of its research project looking at the Siegelman case. Time poses the question: Was this a politically motivated prosecution? And it answers the question: Yes. And indeed, at this point those who say otherwise simply reveal that they don’t know much about the case. ....

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Archive Thread with links to previous DU threads:
Political Prisoner Don Seigelman: Republican Lawyer Set To Speak With House Judiciary Under Oath
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