Don Siegelman

Alleged Neglect at Edgefield Federal Prison Causes Inmate to Lose Toes

Joan Brunwasser | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Prisoner Mistreatment, Inmate Rights, Prisoner Medical Abuse, Don Siegelman, Edgefield Federal Prison, Prisoner Rights, Neglected Prisoners, South Carolina Prisoners, Gary White, Crime News

Originally published on OpEdNews Background: For first-time readers, Gary White was a county commissioner in Jefferson County, Ala. Good friends wit...

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Court Vacates Siegelman Charges, As Kagan and DOJ Team Lose

Andrew Kreig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Healthsouth, Justice, Supreme, Don Siegelman, Richard Scrushy, Elena Kagan, Politics News

As a start in redressing the nation's most notorious political prosecution, the Supreme Court released on June 29 its decision vacating federal corrup...

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SUPREME COURT FINALLY GUTS HONEST-SERVICE FRAUD

Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tribal Casinos, Jeffrey Skilling, Supreme Court, Michael Scanlon, Conrad Black, Jack Abramoff, Referral Fees, Kickbacks, Don Siegelman, Native Americans, Honest-Services Fraud, Bruce Weyhrauch, Justice Department, Rod Blogojevich, Home News

Today, in a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court gutted the honest-services fraud statute --"depriv[ing] another of the intangible right of honest se...

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Politicians' Ethical Race to the Bottom

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jim McGreevey, Eric Massa, Mark Sanford, Mark Foley, Ted Stevens, Tom Delay, Jim Traficant, Larry Craig, Charlie Rangel, Eliot Spitzer, William Jefferson, Duke Cunningham, Don Siegelman, Rod Blagojevich, John Edwards, And John Ensign, Bob Ney, Politics News

Politicians have always been an ethically challenged bunch. It's gotten to be a competition to see who can shock America the most with their depraved behavior.

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Feds Bullied Kerik Into 4-Year Term, Hurting Us All

Andrew Kreig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rudy Giuliani, Don Siegelman, Justice Department, Bernard Kerik, Justice Integrity Project, Judge Stephen Robinson, Cyril Wecht, Federal Prosecutions, Harvey Silverglate, Eric Holder, Media News

White Plains, NY - The corruption case of former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik shouldn't end with the four-year prison sentence impo...

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Progressive Dixie: A Rare Occasion for Pride

Richard Allen Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alabama, Politics, Sports, Floridam Gators, Don Siegelman, Crimson Tide, Barack Obama, Sports News

We have endured poverty, with over 60% percent of Alabama children going hungry at some point during 2008. We have also endured failure in the realm of college football.

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Why Is Paul Minor Still Behind Bars?

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Karl Rove, Don Siegelman, Paul Minor, Fifth Circuit, Judge Wes Teel, Judge John Whitfield, Bush Justice Department, Political Prisoners, Honest-Services Fraud, Eric Holder, Politics News

Minor has spent the past three years a political prisoner, left to rot in jail after partisan operatives in the Bush administration targeted him for being the top Democratic funder in Mississippi.

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Wheels of Justice Are Grinding Too Slowly For Paul Minor and Other Political Prisoners

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ted Stevens, US Attorneys Scandal, Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Don Siegelman, Paul Minor, Fifth Circuit, Eric Holder Attorney General, Judge John Whitfield, Judge Walter Teel, Politics News

Why has Eric Holder's Justice Department left Paul Minor, Judges Walter Teel and John Whitfield languishing in jail?

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Siegelman Blasts DoJ and Judge In 'Final' Reply Seeking Hearing

Andrew Kreig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Don Siegelman, Karl Rove, U.S. Attorney Scandal, Richard Scrushy, Tamarah Grimes, Whistleblower, Justice Department, Mark Fuller, Eric Holder, Politics News

Facing a sentence of 20 additional years in prison recommended by Bush Justice Department holdovers, former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman has finally taken off the gloves against his prosecutors and the judge.

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DoJ Attack On Siegelman's Rights Threatens Election Rights For All

Andrew Kreig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jill Simpson, Karl Rove, Don Siegelman, Leura Canary, Mark Fuller, Richard Scrushy, Bush Justice Department, Tamarah Grimes, William-Canary, Politics News

In the case of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman, Department of Justice officials look like they're exaggerating to block justice and to protect themselves.

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Fire Rove's Prosecutors

Don Siegelman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Justice, Karl Rove, Justice Department, Doj, Don Siegelman, Politics News

The Bush era U.S. Attorney firing issue is anything but dead. The people who did Karl Rove's dirty work are still on the job right now because only a handful of the appointees have been replaced.

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Karl Rove's Non-Denials About the Siegelman Case Segue Into Lies in the Wall Street Journal

David Fiderer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Karl Rove, Don Siegelman, Wall Street Journal, House Judiciary Committee, Karl Rove Don Siegelman, Politics News

Rove's piece in the Wall Street Journal constitutes his latest non-denial about corrupt dealings with the Justice Department. The more he talks the more he suggests that he's guilty as sin.

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Why Holder and Obama Have Not Fired the Bush Appointed, Rove-Vetted Department of Justice Attorneys

Rob Kall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politicization DOJ, Doj Politicization, Don Siegelman, Rahm Emanuel, Eric Holder, Cyril Wecht, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Politics News

Why are Holder and Obama not firing and replacing Bush appointees in the Department of Justice? America deserves the attorneys they voted for as part of the package in electing Obama.

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New Evidence Reveals Feds 'Coached, Cajoled, Threatened' Star Witness in Siegelman Case

Brad Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alabama, Don Siegelman Case, Doj, Don Siegelman, Fbi, Department of Justice, Justice Department, Eric Holder, Politics News

How it's even possible that former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman's bribery case and conviction has not long ago been dropped by the Dept. of Justice is beyond us.

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Did the DoJ Blackmail Siegelman Witness With Sex Scandal?

Andrew Kreig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Selective Prosecution, Department of Justice, Don Siegelman, Eric Holder, Mark Fuller, Richard Scrushy, Politics News

You might not want to be Don Siegelman today. But would you like to be one of those who led his prosecution?

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As Rove Testifies About Firings At Justice, Why Did DoJ Fire Whistleblower?

Andrew Kreig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tamarah Grimes, John Conyers, Karl Rove, Don Siegelman, Jeff Sessions, Artur Davis, Eric Holder, Richard Scrushy, Politics News

New questions are surfacing about political intrigue at the U.S. Justice Department.

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Elusive Justice Overdue in the Case of Political Prisoner Paul Minor

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ted Stevens, US Attorneys Scandal, Don Siegelman, Paul Minor, Quid Pro Quo, Bush Justice Department, Political Prosecutions, Eric Holder, Politics News

It is time to right the wrongs committed by the overzealous, partisan U.S. attorneys who brought shame and disgrace to the Justice Department under George W. Bush.

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Alabama Decisions Illustrate Abuse of Judicial Power

Andrew Kreig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Karl Rove, U.S. Attorney Firings, Don Siegelman, Sonia Sotomayor, Jeff Sessions, Eric Holder, Mark Fuller, Richard Scrushy, Charles Walker, Politics News

The plight of litigants who face a biased judge is illustrated by the track record of one prominent Alabama federal judge, as well by major recent decisions requiring new trials in West Virginia and Georgia courts.

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Siegelman's First Trial Judge Blasts U.S. Prosecutors, Seeks Probe of 'Unfounded' Charges

Andrew Kreig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bush Administration Torture, Karl Rove, U.S. Attorney Firings, Don Siegelman, Eric Holder, Mark Fuller, Richard Scrushy, Politics News

One of the most experienced federal judges in recent Alabama history is denouncing the U.S. Justice Department prosecution of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman.

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Siegelman Lobbies DOJ To Intervene As Court Deadline Nears

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Justice, Don Siegelman, Corruption Case, Siegelman Doj, Lobbying Doj, Siegelman Case, Politics News

A lobbying effort to persuade the Justice Department to intervene in the politically tainted case against Don Siegelman has intensified in recent days...

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Justice Department Turns the Table on Political Prosecutions

Mike Papantonio | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ted Stevens, Air America Radio, Alberto Gonzalez, Paul Minor, Don Siegelman, Mike Papantonio, Michael Mukasey, Golefttv, Justice Department, Ring of Fire, Political Prosecution, Eric Holder, Politics News

Ted Stevens never should have been prosecuted in 2008. Traditional media has done a pitiful job covering the many political prosecution stories that occurred during the Ashcroft/Gonzales years.

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Disappointed by Yesterday's Appeals Court Ruling

Don Siegelman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Alabama, Don Siegelman, Resentencing, 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, Politics News

While the court threw out two counts of my politically-motivated prosecution and conviction, it upheld several others and have sent the case back to the district court for re-sentencing.

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Probe the Past To Protect the Future

Andrew Kreig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, John Conyers, Jill Simpson, Don Siegelman, Bailout, Patrick Leahy, Economy, Kevin Martin, Rosa DeLauro, John Dingell, Stimulus, Investigate, Barack Obama, Torture, Politics News

Congress is taking well-publicized steps for increased oversight. Yet vigorous public pressure is required to ensure that their "investigations" are not merely for show.

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Siegelman To White House Counsel: Don't Compromise With Rove

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Craig Siegelman, Obama Greg Craig, Don Siegelman, Siegelman White House, Siegelman Rove, White House Rove Compromise, Executvei Privilege, Testimony, Politics News

One of the likely victims of potential Bush White House lawbreaking is urging President Barack Obama not to compromise with Karl Rove as a means of co...

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Don Siegelman Disagrees With Obama On Investigating Bush

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Siegelman Obama, Obama Justce Department Siegelman Rove, Obama Investigations, Rove Bush, Obama Bush Administration, Don Siegelman, Politics News

During his press conference on Monday evening, President Obama pledged to look forwards rather than backwards when it came to investigating the misdee...

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