The Siegelman Case — A Political Prosecution Exposed

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By: Scott Horton
Firedoglake
Monday March 3, 2008

Last Sunday, CBS aired its long-awaited feature on the prosecution and imprisonment of former Alabama Governor Don E. Siegelman.

The CBS piece, for which I was repeatedly interviewed, came through on its promise to deliver several additional bombshells. The most significant of these was the disclosure that prosecutors pushed the case forward and secured a conviction relying on evidence that they knew or should have known was false, and that they failed to turnover potentially exculpatory evidence to defense counsel. The accusation was dramatically reinforced by the Justice Department’s failure to offer a denial. It delivered a fairly elaborate version of a “no comment,” and even that came a full twenty-four hours after it had conferred with the prosecutors in question. The gravity of the accusations made and the prosecutors’ failure to deny them further escalates concerns about the treatment of the former Alabama governor.
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It Does Happen In America – The Political Trial of Don Siegelman + Siegelman Updates

Dan Abrams: Don Siegelman Case (video) + Karl Rove & the Falsely Imprisoned Gov of AL

Is Alabama Governor in Jail because he’s a Democrat? (videos)

60 Minutes: Don Siegelman (vids) + Parts of Broadcast Blocked in Alabama…

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The Gulag Comes To The USA By Ernest Partridge

TPMtv: More Rove Dirty Work? (video)

Alabama Getaway: Bush-Rove Legal Perversion Goes South by Chris Floyd

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