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Terri Hodge bribery trial begins this month

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Embattled state Rep. Terri Hodge, a long-time criminal-justice reform advocate, drew a primary opponent this week, Dallas lawyer Eric Johnson, who announced his candidacy anticipating her forthcoming trial for bribery, scheduled to begin later this month, reports Gromer Jeffers at the Dallas News:The June 22 public corruption trial of former Dallas City Council member Don Hill, state Rep. Terri Hodge and others promises to be the biggest political spectacle this city has seen in recent years.The witness list includes such politicos as former Mayor Laura Miller, former San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros, City Manager Mary Suhm, U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson and many others.With everything else, the trial should bring into focus the ways deals were cut at City Hall and whether they were legal or illegal...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on June 11, 2009 (boomark / email).

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