Archive for: March 27, 2008

The Alabama Democrats have a press release about Don Siegelman’s release.

Executive Director Jim Spearman stated, “This is the correct step that should have been taken many months ago by Judge Fuller. Fortunately the 11th Circuit is righting this wrong.”

Loretta Nall says the news is superb. Mooncat at Left in Alabama is happy. Danny is objective, as usual. The Alabama GOP also issued a press release:

The Alabama Republican Party is disappointed in today’s ruling by the 11^th Circuit Court and their decision to release former Governor Don Siegelman pending his appeal of the 6 counts of bribery and the 1 count of obstruction for which he was convicted.

Representative Mike Hubbard (R-Auburn), Chairman of the Alabama Republican Party stated “the former Governor’s release pending appeal does not change the conviction by a jury of his peers. It would be premature to turn this development into anything other than a formality.”

I pick great days to slack off from reading the news.

A federal appeals court approved the release of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman on bond Thursday while he appeals his convictions in a corruption case.

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the former governor had raised “substantial questions of fact and law” in challenging his conviction, which Siegelman claims was politically motivated.

To make up for it, here is a copy of the 11th Circuit’s order.

The Alabama Poverty Project has a database up for their The Picture of Poverty project. The database is fun and the whole website is pretty informative.