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News of Betsey Wright

By Steve Hall

The Arkansas News Bureau reports, "Wright pleads no contest, draws probation in prison contraband case," by Ray King. A former chief of staff for ex-Gov. Bill Clinton pleaded no contest to two misdemeanors today in a deal with prosecutors to avoid prison time on felony charges of attempting to smuggle contraband onto Arkansas? death row. Betsey Wright, 66, of Rogers faced 51 counts of furnishing prohibited articles into a correctional facility following her May 2009 arrest. She pleaded no contest to one misdemeanor count each of possession of a Swiss army knife and a box cutter, and was sentenced to a year?s probation and a $2,200 fine.Circuit Judge Jodi Dennis also ordered Wright, a volunteer prison counselor to death-row inmates, to have no contact with the state Department of Correction or with any inmate in the system without prior approval of the department...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 08, 2010 (boomark / email).