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Justice Department to Ask that Senator Stevens's Conviction be Voided

By Calvin Massey

     The New York Times reports that the Justice Department will ask that the conviction of former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens be voided, after discovery of even more prosecutorial misconduct.  The entire prosecution now seems to be so riddled with prosecutorial misconduct that one wonders whether this might have been influenced by the timing of the prosecution -- during Senator Stevens's campaign for re-election.  Of course, the Senator sought an early trial date, but still one has to wonder how much the election influenced the actions of the prosecutors.

Full post as published by The Faculty Lounge on April 01, 2009 (boomark / email).