Siegelman: Release date looms, pardon window closing (AP)
The Associated Press Updated Nov 25, 2016
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman could be released from prison as early as February, but is still hoping for a pardon from outgoing President Barack Obama.
In a Thanksgiving message to supporters, Siegelman thanked people who supported him during his incarceration.
The former governor said his earliest possible release date is Feb. 8. Siegelman said his hope for a presidential pardon will end when Obama leaves office.
The 70-year-old ex-governor is serving a 6½ year sentence for bribery and obstruction of justice in a federal prison in Louisiana.
A federal jury in 2006 convicted Siegelman on charges that he sold a seat on a state regulatory board to HealthSouth founder Richard Scrushy in exchange for $500,000 in donations to Siegelman's 1999 lottery campaign.
Siegelman has maintained he is innocent.
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http://www.waaytv.com/ap/national/siegelman-release-date-looms-pardon-window-closing/article_a482b8f7-d767-5db7-a92d-fb53fd9cc9ff.html
What ever happened to the effort to serve justice on Karl Rove for his role in railroading Siegelman into prison ? And why has Obama never considered a pardon ?
http://www.donsiegelman.org/ has a full description of the case, and a link to his daughter's petition: https://diy.rootsaction.org/petitions/pardon-don-siegelman ( 13,587 of needed 15,000 signatures) and the change.org petition: https://www.change.org/p/president-obama-please-restore-justice-and-pardon-my-dad
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