425
DONATIONS		 Donate to DU!
Democratic Underground Latest Threads
Latest		 Greatest Threads
Greatest		 Lobby
Lobby		 Journals
Journals		 Search
Search		 Options
Options		 Help
Help		 Login
Login
Google

Justice Department Admits New Prosecution Mistakes, Seeks Release Of 2 Alaska Officials

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread		 This topic is archived.
First thread | Last thread
Home » Discuss » Latest Breaking News Donate to DU
Purveyor Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Jun-04-09 07:27 PM
Original message
Justice Department Admits New Prosecution Mistakes, Seeks Release Of 2 Alaska Officials
Source: Associated Press

7:17 PM EDT, June 4, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder asked a court Thursday to release two imprisoned former Alaska state lawmakers after the Justice Department found prosecutors improperly handled evidence in their trials on corruption charges.

The move is the second embarrassing retreat for Justice Department prosecutors since the conviction of former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was tossed out of court in April.

That prompted an internal inquiry into the government lawyers who handled the Stevens case, and officials said Thursday there also would be an investigation of how the cases of the two Alaska state lawmakers were handled. Most of the prosecution team is the same for all three cases.

Now, Holder is asking a federal appeals court to send the cases of former Alaska House Speaker Peter Kott and former state Rep. Victor Kohring back to the trial judge. The attorney general made the request after finding prosecutors had failed to turn over evidence to the defense.

Similar errors sank the case against Stevens, at the time the Senate's longest-serving Republican.


Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/sns-ap-us-pipeline-bri...

Donate to DU and give valentine hearts to your friends! Click here.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
   Replies to this thread
   Plants, who threw the cases on purpose.  truthisfreedom   Jun-04-09 07:45 PM   #1 
   No shit. n/t  Ian David   Jun-04-09 09:18 PM   #3 
   Mr. Holder is doing well in restoring the Integrity of the DOJ thus far.  Wizard777   Jun-04-09 09:14 PM   #2 
   He needs to fire the ones responsible for the mishandling.  LiberalFighter   Jun-04-09 09:57 PM   #5 
   Damn the DOJ. These guys are as guilty of corruption as it gets.  Arctic Dave   Jun-04-09 09:57 PM   #4 
   "Loyal Bushies" at DOJ did that in several big name, big $$ cases.  dixiegrrrrl   Jun-04-09 09:58 PM   #6 
 
truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Jun-04-09 07:45 PM
Response to Original message
1. Plants, who threw the cases on purpose.
No doubt about it. They were paid off or arrangements were made so that they'd bungle these cases.

Donate to DU and give valentine hearts to your friends! Click here.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Jun-04-09 09:18 PM
Response to Reply #1
3. No shit. n/tUpdated at 8:18 AM

Donate to DU and give valentine hearts to your friends! Click here.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Jun-04-09 09:14 PM
Response to Original message
2. Mr. Holder is doing well in restoring the Integrity of the DOJ thus far.
But he still has a way to go.

Donate to DU and give valentine hearts to your friends! Click here.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Jun-04-09 09:57 PM
Response to Reply #2
5. He needs to fire the ones responsible for the mishandling.

Donate to DU and give valentine hearts to your friends! Click here.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Arctic Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Thu Jun-04-09 09:57 PM
Response to Original message
4. Damn the DOJ. These guys are as guilty of corruption as it gets.
How do you screw up a gimme of a prosecution. These guys all but wrote a diary of their thievery.

Donate to DU and give valentine hearts to your friends! Click here.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
dixiegrrrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Jun-04-09 09:58 PM
Response to Original message
6. "Loyal Bushies" at DOJ did that in several big name, big $$ cases.
At least here they will have a re-trial, if I read it correctly.

Our tax dollars at work.

Donate to DU and give valentine hearts to your friends! Click here.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Feb 10th 2010, 12:36 AM
Response to Original message
Advertisements [?]
 Top

Home » Discuss » Latest Breaking News Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals  |  Links  |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2009 Democratic Underground, LLC