Tom Delay Conviction thrown out (laws, million, prison, Texas)
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I was referring to the 'trumped up charges' Ed mentioned.
Starr spent 3 years and $7 million dollars to find something that would stick, but never did. Same goes for DeLay. Sauce for the goose, sauce for the gander and all that.
Did anyone go to jail because they were afraid of testifying against Delay?
"Susan McDougal (born 1955) is one of the few people who served prison time as a result of the Whitewater controversy although fifteen individuals were convicted of various federal charges. Her refusal to answer "three questions" for a grand jury about whether President Bill Clinton lied in his testimony during her Whitewater trial led her to receive a jail sentence of 18 months for contempt of court. This comprised most of the total 22 months she spent in incarceration. McDougal received a full Presidential pardon from outgoing President Clinton in the final hours of his presidency in 2001."
I was referring to the 'trumped up charges' Ed mentioned.
Starr spent 3 years and $7 million dollars to find something that would stick, but never did. Same goes for DeLay. Sauce for the goose, sauce for the gander and all that.
This is just the way our system works now. It costs $10 million to win a US Senate seat on average, and $1.7 million to win a house seat. You'd have to be an imbecile to think that all that money is being donated out of civic mindedness. It's all pay to play. If we put DeLay in jail, and I was not a fan of his, we would have to put all 535 congress critters plus Obama and Biden in jail.
I give Delay credit him and Santorum knew how to rake in that K street money.
uhm, delay was convicted, but the conviction was overturned on appeal, there is NO acquittal in this case, unless a new trial is convened and he is subsequently found not guilty.
Exactly. OJ Simpson was acquitted of killing his wife and her friend -- therefore, legally speaking, he didn't do it. No matter how desperately some people might want to believe he did.
Legally speaking he did do it. If you are still confused on the topic I ask you where is his Heisman Trophy?
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