U.S. Moves to Drop Case Against Ex-Senator Stevens (Update2) - Bloomberg.com: "April 1 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Justice Department asked a federal judge to set aside the political corruption conviction of former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, saying that prosecutors withheld information from defense lawyers during the trial.
The government’s decision to file federal court papers in Washington to drop the case was prompted by Attorney General Eric Holder’s conclusion that the government should have turned over notes of witness interviews to defense lawyers for the former Republican lawmaker, a person familiar with the case said..."
Isn't it funny, whether you are an aging hippy terrorist with political pull or a roundly corrupt Senator, that the government always manages to screw-up the case so the criminal walks away none the worse for the experience? Odd that.
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