Senator Stevens of Alaska
Well, Senator Stevens not only lost the election, he was found guilty of corruption.
Let's talk about the election first.
Senator Stevens lost to the Mayor of Anchorage, Mark Begich, by about 1,000 votes. If that is not a vote of "no confidence" in Senator Elect Begich, I do not know what is. He couldn't beat a convicted felon by more then 1% of the vote.
Mark Begich should have conceded the election on November 4th and saved us the effort of counting the absentee ballots.
Now, let's talk about the conviction.
First, the evidence. The FBI collected over 79,000 pieces of evidence for Senator Stevens' indictment. That sounds like a lot, until you realize that people have been condemned to death with something like a dozen pieces of evidence. If I were to collect 79,000 random pieces of information about any adult currently alive on the planet Earth, I bet I could gather enough to indict them on some felony.
Then there was the trial. How many times was the prosecution chastised for ethical and procedural errors?
How about the suppressed evidence that could have cleared Senator Stevens?
What about the witness that admits lying?
http://washingtontimes.com/weblogs/out-context/2008/Nov/22/stevens-witness-claims-he-lied/
Let's not forget that at least one juror admitted that she was going to find him guilty regardless of what was presented in the trial.
Does anyone actually think Senator Stevens was given a fair trial?
Let's talk about the election first.
Senator Stevens lost to the Mayor of Anchorage, Mark Begich, by about 1,000 votes. If that is not a vote of "no confidence" in Senator Elect Begich, I do not know what is. He couldn't beat a convicted felon by more then 1% of the vote.
Mark Begich should have conceded the election on November 4th and saved us the effort of counting the absentee ballots.
Now, let's talk about the conviction.
First, the evidence. The FBI collected over 79,000 pieces of evidence for Senator Stevens' indictment. That sounds like a lot, until you realize that people have been condemned to death with something like a dozen pieces of evidence. If I were to collect 79,000 random pieces of information about any adult currently alive on the planet Earth, I bet I could gather enough to indict them on some felony.
Then there was the trial. How many times was the prosecution chastised for ethical and procedural errors?
How about the suppressed evidence that could have cleared Senator Stevens?
What about the witness that admits lying?
http://washingtontimes.com/weblogs/out-context/2008/Nov/22/stevens-witness-claims-he-lied/
Let's not forget that at least one juror admitted that she was going to find him guilty regardless of what was presented in the trial.
Does anyone actually think Senator Stevens was given a fair trial?
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