Charges dropped against Ted Stevens due to bad prosecutors
In an admission that one government branch prosecuting another public servant committed prosecutorial misconduct to get the conviction, the Justice Department is dropping all charges against Ted Stevens.
Eric Holder, the Attorney General under President Obama appears to be a stand up guy. It would not surprise many people if more charges are dismissed based on ill-gotten convictions under the Bush administration. After the Alberto Gonzales fiasco, it was clear that there was a lot of clean-up that was needed at the Justice Department. Below is part of an article that describes the Ted Stevens decision:
US seeks to drop case against former Sen. Stevens: "The trial was beset by government missteps, culminating recently when a federal judge took the unusual step of holding the Justice Department in contempt.
In early morning court filings, the Justice Department admitted it never turned over notes from an interview with the oil contractor, who estimated the value of the renovation work as far less than he testified at trial.
'I have determined that it is in the interest of justice to dismiss the indictment and not proceed with a new trial,' Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement released Wednesday."
All I can say is wow. Good to have an Attorney General who does his job... pursues justice rather than political convictions. Even if Ted Stevens was the longest running corrupt politician in the history of America, it doesn't excuse withholding evidence from his defense team.
If we are, as we are led to believe, a nation of laws, it's high time, and refreshing, to see us start acting like one again.
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