SIEGELMAN -RELEASED PENDING APPEAL (likely ensures he never sees the inside of a prison cell again.)

[kpete]

Siegelman released from prison pending appeal
by kos
Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 02:09:29 PM PDT

Just hit the wires:
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/03/siegelman_to_be_released_from.html

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has granted former Gov. Don Siegelman's request to be released from prison pending the outcome of his appeal.

Siegelman is currently serving a 7 year sentence in the Oakdale Federal Correctional Complex in Louisiana following his 2006 public corruption conviction.

Acting U.S. Attorney Louis Franklin confirms the 11th Circuit granted Siegelman's release in a four page order which states Siegelman had raised a "significant question" about his conviction.

That "significant question" is called "Karl Rove".

Siegelman was already slated to be temporarily released for congressional testimony. This move likely ensures he never sees the inside of a prison cell again.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/27/17611/8535/516/485612

[LSparkle]

1. GOOD NEWS for a change!

Justice for Siegelman!!!!

[suffragette]

2. Very glad to hear this

Of course, he never should have been jailed in the 1st place.

[caseycoon]

3. Wonderful news!

Thanks so much for posting this!
:woohoo:

[malaise]

4. Oh Happy Day

K & R

[seemslikeadream]

5. Oh Happy Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD2D6eter7M

[burythehatchet]

6. That's great for the Siegelman family. Wonderful.

[mod mom]

7. That "significant question" is called "Karl Rove". QUESTION: Can * do blanket pardons w/o

having the person first indicted?

[eShirl]

17. that's how Ford pardoned Nixon

[loudsue]

20. And how Bush Sr. pardoned all the Iran-Contra republican operatives

even before some of them were convicted of their crimes...which were OBVIOUSLY committed with the help of bush sr.

[mod mom]

21. :(

[caligirl]

8. Everyone who called the FCC and congress who acted to put pressure

on the FCC to investigate that news station, and 60 Minutes at CBS, should congratulate themselves( I am as I called a bunch of people with FCC oversight). This is a reversal of Roves reach into the courts of Alabama. its time to put the repugs who did this in prison. Respect for the rule of law needs to be enforced. We helped to get it done.

[L. Coyote]

23. DU has been all over this since the Time article.

A lot of credit goes to Scott Horton, TPM, Legal Schnauzer, Locust For Journal, Time, 60 Minutes, and all the bloggers who would not let their investigations go unnoticed.

Follow the story, beginning when it hit DU from links here:
Political Prisoner Don Siegelman: Will the 60 Minutes Spotlight Make a Difference?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2909551

[Botany]

9. Great News ... I hope he gets home ASAP

And sues Karl Rove and others for millions.

[terrell9584]

10. if he ends up acquitted, and state opinion approves of it

Makes 2010 interesting as hell. Right now, Folsom and Sparks seem sure bets for both Gov and Lt. Gov and for winning said offices.

A Siegelman retrial and acquittal, if the public agreed, would turn politics in this state into a turmoil. Cause then there would be a question of who takes what, and as far as I know, he wasn't disbarred, which would make him eligible for every elected office in the state. Now, there's no way in hell he could beat Shelby. However, if all this mess was settled before June (and let's be honest, Figures is a sacrificial lamb), well, Siegelman has the same geographic base as Figures (and Figures......)

I'm saying if there was a way to put him on the ballot before November, you could talk Figures into stepping aside. I'm just saying the potential exists.....

[Bumblebee]

11. This is the best political news I have heard in a long, long time!

I am looking forward to seeing him free and freely discussing his ordeal and crimes committed against him!

[rateyes]

12. Damned activist judges!

Oh, wait. They actually acted on the Constitution. Whodathunkit?

[Ilsa]

13. K&R for Don Siegelman! nt

[GardeningGal]

14. Excellent news! n/t

[earth mom]

15. Good news for a change! nt

[eShirl]

16. YES!!!!!

:toast: :bounce: :toast:


it's about freakin' time!

[ancient_nomad]

18. This is WONDERFUL!

I am so happy to read this!

:bounce: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :bounce:

[trof]

19. The court order:

http://blog.al.com/bn/2008/03/sieg0327080001.pdf

[DemReadingDU]

22. WooHoo!

:woohoo:

[elizfeelinggreat]

24. thank goodness!

[mentalsolstice]

25. I can't wait to see him and Lori 'round town again.

They were always out and about, and we would see them often at events and restaurants.

[Pastiche423]

26. Update:

Actually, the Justice Department hadn't agreed to release Siegelman for the testimony. Too bad Mukasey's effort at stonewalling the congressional investigation was rendered moot by the appeals court.

:grr:

[midnight]

27. Hot digity dog!!!!!!

"Siegelman was already slated to be temporarily released for congressional testimony. This move likely ensures he never sees the inside of a prison cell again"

[EFerrari]

28. I just saw this.

:cry:

[Hawkeye-X]

29. ALL ROADS LEADS TO KARL ROVE

and I want him INDICTED, IMPRISONED IN AD-MAX in Florence, Colorado PENDING Trial. NO PRIVELEGES GRANTED. Bread and water only. Let's see if Fat-ass takes it.

[grantcart]

30. Now in detail on MSNBC Abrams

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

31. This is fantastic news!

[EFerrari]

32. Thank Dan Abrams for his coverage here:

[email protected]

:kick:

:cry:

[Canuckistanian]

33. Well, good! I hope this shines a light on Ala justice

This judge seems to be BEGGING for an impeachment.

[EFerrari]

34. Kick

[liberalla]

35. Such good news!

I caught it on Dan Abrams show earlier and my jaw dropped.
I'm so glad to see this - real results from everyone's efforts... Not to mention justice + vindication!

Gives one hope to press on!

[hisownpetard]

36. Fantastic news. May he stay safe and well-guarded!! The ripples from this pebble

might very well start a tsunami...

[Festivito]

37. That should slap the face of the judge who abused him.

And I hope that slap catapults him right into a jail cell.

[countryjake]

38. K&R for Don Siegelman! n/t