Showing posts with label Ted Stevens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ted Stevens. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Ted Stevens, back in the news

Ted Stevens, the embattled former Senator from Alaska, is back in the news after Attorney General Eric Holder ask a federal judge to drop the charges arising from allegations that the trial process had been tainted.

From Reuters:
"I always knew that there would be a day when the cloud that surrounded me would be removed. That day has finally come. It is unfortunate that an election was affected by proceedings now recognized as unfair," he [Stevens] said in a statement.
This is a man who was accused of concealing huge -- $250,000 huge -- gifts from lobbyists, a major ethics crime.

Eh. Innocent until proven guilty, huh? But he's still kinda guilty, isn't he? A jury convicted him, right? I'm so confused by criminal law.