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Convicted Murderer's Wife: I Slept With Defense Attorney During Trial
By Tori Richards - AOL NewsAn Ohio man who says he was wrongfully convicted of murdering his parents 15 years ago is seeking a new trial because of evidence that just surfaced --- documents that say his wife had been involved in an affair with his attorney throughout the trial and beyond. Those documents, revealed Wednesday in Columbus, outline a sexual relationship between Celeste Caulley Bowman and attorney James Owen in 1997 and 1998, an affair that ended when Owen refused to leave his wife, the documents say. Lynn Ischay, Columbus Dispatch / MCT Celeste Caulley, wife of defendant Robert Caulley, and his ...
Supreme Court and Conflicts of Interest: Pressure Builds for More Transparency
By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailyUnited States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas just passed his fifth anniversary of silence during oral argument before the Court. During that time, he has not asked a single question of a single lawyer in a single case. And no one may force him to do so. But there is growing political and legal pressure on the justice, and the high court itself, to end a different kind of official silence; about conflicts of interest and the reasons why the justices recuse themselves (or, more pointedly, don't) from certain cases. Last month, the public accountability group Common Cause asked the ...
Justice Clarence Thomas: He Did It His Way
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Virginia Thomas Quits as Head of Conservative Group
By Mara Gay - AOL News
(Nov. 15) -- Virginia Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, reportedly is resigning as the head of the conservative group she founded earlier this year. The Washington Post reports that recent "distractions" led Thomas to step down from her position at Liberty Central, a conservative advocacy group she launched in May. Charles Dharapak, AP Virginia Thomas is reportedly stepping down as head of conservative advocacy group Liberty Central. "She'll take a back seat so that Liberty Central can continue with its mission without any of the distractions," Thomas' ...
Judge Martin Feldman's Financial Portfolio, Annotated
By Dana Chivvis - Politics DailyThere's a conflict of interest in the air. U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman, who overturned the Obama administration's six-month offshore drilling moratorium on deep sea oil drilling yesterday, has investments in several companies related to the oil industry, according to Yahoo! News' John Cook. Feldman's portfolio includes investments in the following companies: 1. Transocean Ltd. The offshore drilling contractor which owned the Deepwater Horizon rig. 2. Ocean Energy. Provides services and equipment like gas flares and floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) ship ...
Madoff, Health Policy and AIG: Disclosing Possible Conflicts of Interest Is Always the Best Policy
By Joann M. Weiner - Politics DailySecrecy, or more charitably, failure to disclose potential conflicts of interest, never goes out of style, as shown in three very different situations that have arisen in the past year. One case involves a newspaper's failure to fully disclose a writer's family ties to Bernard Madoff in an opinion piece. Another case involves an economist's failure to disclose his $400,000 government contract to analyze health care reform. A third case, and the most important one, involves failure by the Federal Reserve Bank to reveal details of the $180 billion federal bailout of the insurance giant American ...
Chris Christie's Brother Could Be Political Liability in New Jersey
By David Sessions - Politics DailyTodd Christie, brother of New Jersey's newly elected governor, Chris Christie, made $60 million when Goldman Sachs bought his stock firm, and was then implicated in a federal fraud investigation, the New York Times reports. Christie emerged without damage to his reputation to found a new company and a private charity. But he has taken a high-profile role in planning his brother's inauguration ceremony, and, if he sticks close to the governor's office afterward, could be seen as a political liability. Todd Christie has been accused of "buying" political office for his older brother. He gave ...
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