Judicial Review Ordered in Don Siegelman Case

[red dog 1]

The following is from an email sent to me today by Don Siegelman
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NEWS! Judicial Review Ordered

After eight years of trying to get the Department of Justice to release the results of their "secret" internal investigation of government misconduct in my case, a Federal judge has ordered the DOJ to turn the results of their investigation over to her immediately.
She found sufficient "bad faith" to order an independent judicial review where she will see the documentation herself.

U.S. District Court Judge Madeline H. Haikala, for the Northern District of Alabama, ruled against the Department of Justice, ordering the DOJ to produce a heretofore sealed and secret report on proprietorial misconduct in the case that sent Governor Siegelman to prison.

Judge Haikala intends to review this report herself.
She found enough "bad faith" and misconduct to warrant an independent review of the justifications by the DOJ for withholding documents.

The heart of this opinion is the judge's finding that, because of alleged bad faith on the part of the prosecutors in the government's case against Governor Siegelman, the Department of Justice is not entitled to the usual level of deference when they assert they're entitled to be taken at their word.

The judge said she will see for herself whether the privileges they're hiding behind apply in this case.


This is an important development, but I have exhausted my Legal Defense Fund and will need some help as we fight for the truth.
Please contribute what you can as soon as you can.

Thank you,

(signed) Don Siegelman

http://free-don.us/how-to-help/how-to-give/

[onecaliberal]

1. WHY is this poor man still in prison.

[Jane Austin]

2. I thought he was released last month.

No?

[onecaliberal]

3. I didn't hear that. I'm still floored that he wasn't pardoned. I hope rove rots in hell.

[Jane Austin]

4. From Wikipedia

Siegelman is currently on supervised probation after being released from prison on February 8, 2017.

[onecaliberal]

5. Hmmmmm. It sounds like he is still in prison from his letter, no?

[elleng]

6. No.

'U.S. District Court Judge Madeline H. Haikala, for the Northern District of Alabama, ruled against the Department of Justice, ordering the DOJ to produce a heretofore sealed and secret report on proprietorial misconduct in the case that sent Governor Siegelman to prison.

Judge Haikala intends to review this report herself.
She found enough "bad faith" and misconduct to warrant an independent review of the justifications by the DOJ for withholding documents.

The heart of this opinion is the judge's finding that, because of alleged bad faith on the part of the prosecutors in the government's case against Governor Siegelman, the Department of Justice is not entitled to the usual level of deference when they assert they're entitled to be taken at their word.

The judge said she will see for herself whether the privileges they're hiding behind apply in this case.'