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L. Coyote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-07-09 10:05 AM
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2. Appeals Court Rules On Scrushy, Siegelman
Saturday, March 7, 2009; Page A14
Appeals Court Rules On Scrushy, Siegelman
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/06/AR2009030603365.html


MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A federal appeals court upheld most of the bribery and corruption charges Friday against former Alabama governor Don Siegelman and all the charges against former HealthSouth chief executive Richard M. Scrushy.

A three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta struck down two of the seven charges on which Siegelman was convicted, and it ordered a new sentencing hearing. That means Siegelman's seven-year sentence could be reduced.

But the court upheld key bribery, conspiracy and obstruction counts against him ............
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