FEB 22 20101.Andrew Kreig on Bernie Kerik and Don Siegelman: What They Have
in Common and Why We Should Care
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1.Andrew Kreig on Bernie Kerik and Don
Siegelman: What They Have in Common and
Why We Should Care
by By Joan Brunwasser for OpEd News
....There are strong resemblances that underscore that the country's
loss of civil rights in white-collar prosecutions is real and should
concern those from both right and left. Here a few of the similarities:
Each was relentlessly prosecuted with great public fanfare, with
financial ruin for their families just one part of the ordeal.
Each was convicted on relatively trivial felonies based on
circumstances far less serious than commonly reported.
Each prosecution was enabled by a pro-prosecution judge who
showed their true colors in proof-positive ways with abusive prison
sentences and other confinement conditions.
Each has struggled mightily to have the true story fairly reported
because of a pro-prosecution bias by traditional media that has
increasing budget difficulty staffing expert coverage of secretive and
powerful government departments, such as Justice
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