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kateoplis: Tom Delay - Former House Majority Leader, recipient of many goodies from lobbyist Jack Abramoff, aspiring dancer and dubbed by many the most corrupt member of Congress, which is going some - will not face federal corruption charges after a six-year investigation. Delay still faces criminal charges in Texas, the only consolation to the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, which blasted the decision. “It’s a sad day for America when one of the most corrupt members to ever walk the halls of Congress gets a free pass…The Hammer belongs in the slammer. Mr. DeLay still has crimes to answer for in Texas - generally not considered the best place to be a criminal defendant.” – Melanie Sloan of CREW

kateoplis:

Tom Delay - Former House Majority Leader, recipient of many goodies from lobbyist Jack Abramoff, aspiring dancer and dubbed by many the most corrupt member of Congress, which is going some - will not face federal corruption charges after a six-year investigation. Delay still faces criminal charges in Texas, the only consolation to the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, which blasted the decision.

“It’s a sad day for America when one of the most corrupt members to ever walk the halls of Congress gets a free pass…The Hammer belongs in the slammer. Mr. DeLay still has crimes to answer for in Texas - generally not considered the best place to be a criminal defendant.”

– Melanie Sloan of CREW

(Reblogged from kateoplis)
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Analysts at North Carolina’s crime lab omitted, overstated or falsely reported blood evidence in dozens of cases, including three that ended in executions and another where two men were convicted of killing Michael Jordan’s father, according to a scathing independent review to be released Wednesday.

The government-ordered inquest by two former FBI officials found that agents of the State Bureau of Investigation repeatedly aided prosecutors in obtaining convictions over a 16-year period, mostly by misrepresenting blood evidence and keeping critical notes from defense attorneys. The Associated Press obtained the review of blood evidence in cases from 1987 to 2003 in advance of the report’s release.

It calls for a thorough examination of 190 criminal cases, stating that, at times, “information that may have been material and even favorable to the defense of an accused defendant was withheld or misrepresented.”

Review Finds Flaws In NC Prosecutions (via ryking)
(Reblogged from diadoumenos)
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…[S]ome backers of S.B. 1070 are wrapping themselves in the flag all the way to the bank.

An In These Times investigation shows that the bill’s promoters are as equally dedicated to border politics as they are to promoting the fortunes of private prison companies, like Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and Geo Group, which stand to reap substantial profits as more undocumented residents end up in jail.

Corporate Con Game (via ryking)
(Reblogged from diadoumenos)