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Has a mega-jury in Alaska essentially rejected the DC jury's conviction of Senator Stevens?

By Douglas A. Berman

There are so many sentencing stories worth discussing in the wake of the results of Tuesday's historic election.  But the race and the issues that I am most focused upon this morning may take weeks to resolve, as detailed in this local story: Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was leading challenger Mark Begich with most of the election returns in hand Tuesday night, despite being found guilty of seven felonies and polls showing him in deep trouble. With more than 80 percent of the precincts reporting, Stevens held a 2-percentage point advantage over Democrat Begich. About 4,000 votes separated the candidates. The razor-thin margin means the Senate race might not be decided for two weeks. Still to be counted are roughly 40,000 absentee ballots, with more expected to arrive in the mail, as well as 9,000 uncounted early votes and thousands of questioned ballots...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 05, 2008 (boomark / email).