Jim Zeigler says reversal of Virginia governor’s graft conviction could free Don Siegelman

[deminks]

http://altoday.com/archives/11084-jim-zeigler-says-reversal-virginia-governors-graft-conviction-free-don-siegelman

State Auditor Jim Zeigler said Monday he believes the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn a prominent Virginia politician’s criminal conviction could spring former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman as well.

Saying Gov. Bob McDonnell was exonerated on charges “very close to what Siegelman was convicted of,” Zeigler said Siegelman — a longtime power broker in Montgomery and around the state — could benefit from procedural aspects of McDonnell’s case.

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Siegelman was convicted for re-appointing a hospital executive named Richard Scrushy to a state board which in part regulates hospitals, after Scrushy raised some $500,000 for a state lottery referendum at Siegelman’s request.

In doing so, under one reading of the precedent set by the McDonnell case, Siegelman may have simply carried out a “public act” in accordance with his office, one not subject to the harsh scrutiny set out under federal bribery laws.

Zeigler’s comments come amid a movement of activists in Alabama and beyond to free Seigelman.

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[no_hypocrisy]

1. K & R. FREE DON SIEGELMAN!!!

[former9thward]

2. I hope so.

But Siegelman is due to be released in 2017 so any legal maneuvering may be too late for him to get out early.

[Chasstev365]

3. But he's a democrat

I'm sure they will find a reason why it doesen't apply to Don. FUCK YOU, ROVE!

[spanone]

4. K&R...