<http://www.dailykos.com/>To grasp the absolute corruption of the case against Don Siegelman, you can't do any better than to read the multi-part series, "The Cheating of Don Siegelman," compiled by the inimitable Legal Schnauzer:
http://legalschnauzer.blogspot.com/2009/06/cheating-of-don-siegelman-part-i.html http://legalschnauzer.blogspot.com/2009/06/cheating-of-don-siegelman-part-ii.html http://legalschnauzer.blogspot.com/2009/06/cheating-of-don-siegelman-part-iii.html http://legalschnauzer.blogspot.com/2009/06/cheating-of-don-siegelman-part-iv.html Read it--and don't weep, but send it all around; and help in any way you can (his legal fund could use some help), now that Don has filed a motion for a new trial, based on new evidence: Don Siegelman Files Motion for New Trial Based on Newly Discovered Evidence by <http://david-swanson.dailykos.com>David Swanson <"'"http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailykos.com%2Fstoryonly%2F2009%2F6%2F30%2F748378%2F-Don-Siegelman-Files-Motion-for-New-Trial-Based-on-Newly-Discovered-Evidence&title=Don%20Siegelman%20Files%20Motion%20for%20New%20Trial%20Based%20on>Share this on Twitter - Don Siegelman Files Motion for New Trial Based on Newly Discovered Evidence <"'"http://www.reddit.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailykos.com%2Fstoryonly%2F2009%2F6%2F30%2F748378%2F-Don-Siegelman-Files-Motion-for-New-Trial-Based-on-Newly-Discovered-Evidence&title=Don%20Siegelman%20Files%20Motion%20for%20New%20Trial%20Based%20on%2> Tue Jun 30, 2009 at 09:06:04 AM PDT Former governor of Alabama and political prisoner Don Siegelman has filed a motion (<http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/sites/afterdowningstreet.org/files/SiegRule33.pdf>PDF) for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence. Here are the highlights: · <http://David-Swanson.dailykos.com/>David Swanson's diary :: :: · ISSUE I. THE GOVERNMENT'S FAILURE TO PRODUCE EXCULPATORY AND IMPEACHING INFORMATION IN ITS POSSESSION AS TO KEY WITNESSES AND CORRECT FALSE OR MISLEADING TESTIMONY DURING TRIAL VIOLATED SIEGELMAN'S RIGHTS UNDER THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE FIFTH AMENDMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT FAILED TO COMPLY WITH ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE JENCKS ACT. The detailed allegations here are worse than the heading sounds. Siegelman accuses the government of shaping the testimony of a key witness. Issue II: BECAUSE OF PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT IN THIS CASE, INCLUDING IMPROPER CONTACTS WITH JURORS, IMPROPER EX PARTE COMMUNICATION WITH THE COURT, AND IMPROPER CONDUCT IN PREPARING GOVERNMENT WITNESSES TO TESTIFY AT TRIAL AND FAILURE TO PROVIDE BRADY MATERIAL, SIEGELMAN WAS DEPRIVED OF HIS FIFTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL AND HIS SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO AN IMPARTIAL JURY. Jury tampering as well as witness tampering. The House Judiciary Committee and a group of 75 former state attorneys general have both already complained about this to the U.S. Justice Department. Issue III. FAILURE TO DISCLOSE EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS AND THE EXISTENCE OF A SECRET INVESTIGATIVE REPORT ON THE AUTHENTICITY OF JUROR EMAILS, A CRITICAL MATERIAL FACT IN A MOTION THEN PENDING BEFORE THE COURT, VIOLATED SIEGELMAN'S SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO COUNSEL AND HIS FIFTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS. And what was still missing? ... Judge tampering, of course! This is like a Karl Rove election theft: it's attacked from every angle at once. ISSUE IV: THE FAILURE OF U. S. ATTORNEY LEURA CANARY TO ABIDE BY HER ANNOUNCED RECUSAL DEPRIVED SIEGELMAN OF HIS ENTITLEMENT TO A DISINTERESTED PROSECUTOR Her husband was a paid consultant to the political campaigns of Republican opponents of Governor Siegelman, as well as the campaign of then-Alabama Attorney General Bill Pryor, who at that time was involved in the ongoing investigation of Siegelman. ISSUE V: SIEGELMAN WAS SELECTIVELY PROSECUTED FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES IN VIOLATION OF HIS FIFTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS AND HIS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO RECEIVE A CONTRIBUTION TO AN EDUCATION LOTTERY FOUNDATION HE SUPPORTED. For background on this case and hundreds of others like it, watch <http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/43951>The Political Prosecutions of Karl Rove, and read <http://www.davidswanson.org/node/1920>Our Political Prisoners. 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