Freedom_1st
Multiply registered, multiply banned troll.
Just more shrill anti-Bush hysteria.
Or a person going to prison because of a political witch hunt.
Just more shrill anti-Bush hysteria.
Chimpy McHitlerburton
Or a person going to prison because of a political witch hunt.
I gotta go with Yellowfin on this. You really have to see it day-to-day to know the guy got his just desserts. Gov. Hunt never had the lack of scruples to do as Siegelman did.....running afoul of the Montgomery or Mobile bar.
If I understand federal procedures correctly, to get a grand jury indictment requires that the grand jury find probable cause to indict based on the evidence presented to it. That's not an incredibly high obstacle to overcome, but it is something.
Next, the members of the jury are selected through the voir dire process that allows each side to strike potential jurors for a variety of reasons.
Finally, for a criminal conviction, the prosecution must prove each element of each charged crime beyond a reasonable doubt. That's a fairly high obstacle.
Even if Bush/Rove manipulated the grand jury to get an indictment, I find it difficult to believe the members of the jury, selected through the voir dire process in which Siegelman's defense counsel participated, would do the bidding of Bush/Rove and find Siegelman guilty beyond a reasonable doubt based on insufficient evidence.
As for people complaining about the process, evidence, and verdict, I cannot remember a criminal trial in which no one complained about the process, evidence, and verdict.
You're right. My bad.Stop confusing them with facts.
You mean Scooter Libby.
I agree. It was purely a political witch hunt for revenge. Just what you'd expect from a political party based on intolerance.Someone had to take the fall for Cheney and Rove.
but we need to keep a foot in reality here.
But that would mean we'd lose 25% of the posters in L&P