skippy the bush kangaroo: u.s. supreme court gives u.s. political prisoner

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

u.s. supreme court gives u.s. political prisoner

a second chance.

in 2006, former democratic alabama governor don siegelman was sentenced to serve seven years in a bribery case. siegelman charges that he was the victim of political persecution by former bush official karl rove, and his case has been plagued by improper conduct by the prosecution. in 2008, a “bipartisan group of 54 former state attorneys general from across the country” supported siegelman’s bid to overturn his conviction, but a year later, the 11th u.s. circuit court of appeals in atlanta upheld five of the seven charges. today, however, the supreme court gave siegelman a second chance, ordering the court to look at his case again - think progress

Labels: politicians, politics, rove, supreme court