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Some strong claims have been made recently about the Don Siegelman case. A blogger at Daily Kos posted images of correspondence from Siegelman claims that Siegelman has been beaten in prison. The letter from Siegelman, written on a xeroxed article about possible contempt charges pending against Karl Rove, included the line, "All roads lead to Rove".Alabama blogger Roger Shuler claims his home and cars have been targeted by his local sheriff as retribution for reporting on the case.
Sam Stein reported early last week that new evidence in the case suggests that a group of Republicans pressed for and benefited financially from the trial and conviction of former Democratic Alabama Governor Don Siegelman. From Huffington Post:
Months after Siegelman's conviction, Health South settled that suit for $445 million.According to court documents and official testimony, months before Siegelman was charged, Rob Riley, the son of the state's governor, expressed confidence that an indictment would occur and that Siegelman's political financier, Richard Scrushy, would be drawn into case.
Around the same time, moreover, Riley managed to maneuver himself into an extremely profitable position: lead local counsel on a separate, massive civil suit against Scrushy and his company, HealthSouth. How he received the assignment aroused some suspicion.(more)
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Jay Allbritton is a blogger living in Baltimore. He writes the political blog, Ice Station Tango... more
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astromecky
4:41PM Mar 25th 2008
If these comments are true, this case against former Gov. Siegleman is the epitome of political finagleing and should be reviewed by the Federal courts. Is the only reason this hasn't been done by now because of politics? If so, I'm not sure which is the greater crime: The prosecution or the absence of review.
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David S.
2:23PM Mar 21st 2008
I watched Don Siegelman's story on "60 Minutes" last month. I have never seen such a team effort by state Republicans to get a Democrat. And they could because Alabama is overwhelmingly Republican; and Siegelman was vastly outnumbered. Now we find out the slimy new governor's son is gaining big money financially from this, more or less.
I don't know how people like him sleep at night.
I don't know how people like him sleep at night.
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