Court Sets May 23 Filing Deadline in (AL Gov.) Siegelman, Scrushy Appeal

[Hissyspit]

Source: Associated Press

Court sets May 23 filing deadline in Siegelman, Scrushy appeal

The Associated Press

MONTGOMERY, Ala.
Last Updated:March 26. 2008 5:27PM
Published: March 26. 2008 5:27PM
A federal court has given attorneys for former Gov. Don Siegelman and HealthSouth founder Richard Scrushy until May 23 to file briefs in the appeal of their 2006 convictions.

The Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday issued the filing deadline. Prosecutors have 60 days after May 23 to file a response. Defense lawyers have 45 days after that to file a second brief. Siegelman lawyer Vince Kilborn of Mobile said he expects to file the first appeal brief in April. He estimated oral arguments on the case could be heard in late 2008.

Siegelman and Scrushy have been in prison for almost nine months. Siegelman was sentenced to seven years and four months, and Scrushy was sentenced to six years and 10 months.

Read more: http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20080326/APN/803260919

[babylonsister]

1. Rec'd. Don Siegelman needs to be free! nt

[Hissyspit]

2. Earlier Legal Schnauzer thread on his house being threatened and Siegelman blogging (w/ updates):

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3061537&mesg_id=3061537

[Bozita]

3. Remember the Duke lacrosse prosecutor? He's nothing when compared to the Alabama "girls"

I wanna see crooked prosecutors in cuffs. I wanna see perp walks. They make me feel better about the "justice" system.

No country club jails for these girls.

Put 'em in the same slammers with the folks they've prosecuted. Now, that'd be justice.

[ThomCat]

4. If that team of prosecutors gets away with this

then the republicans will have guaranteed themselves power by corrupting and co-opting the mechanisms of the Justice Department. :(

It seems to be open season on democratic politicians, and only democratic politicians. The bias isn't just in the corporate media anymore. Now it's in the highest levels of the legal system too.

[Pastiche423]

5. Why does it take so long for oral arguments to begin?

[lonestarnot]

8. Court is backed up?

[pnwmom]

6. At last. K & R.

[Sanity Claws]

7. Is the trial transcript now available?

My understanding is that the appeal was at a standstill because the trial still had not transcribed; the court reporter had died and the judge didn't see to it that someone else transcribe it.
Anyone know what the story is with the transcript?

[Pastiche423]

10. The transcript has been finished

(A week or two ago.)

[lovuian]

9. good I think Siegelman scared the hell out of Rove

because he was Governor and very popular and he resided in a state on the 33 degree parallel

theres something about the 33 degree parallel