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red dog 1's JournalWill President Obama ever pardon former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman?
June 17, 2014
Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman (D) is still rotting away in a prison cell for a crime he did not commit.
"Siegelman, whose Karl Rove-inspired prosecution helped gut Alabama's once-competitive Democratic Party, served nearly a year of his term before release on bond when whistle-blowers and legal experts helped show in 2007 and 2008 that he had been targeted for political reasons.
The prominent, blunt-speaking Alabama businessman Luther 'Stan' Pete has said his fellow Republicans clearly framed Siegelman.
In 2009, the Obama Justice Department requested that Judge Fuller sentence Siegelman to
20 more years in prison when his appeals were concluded.
The new administration stood shoulder-to-shoulder with it's Bush predecessors in continuing the frame-up and cover-up.
This was part of a 'look forward, not backward' mantra that President Obama articulated most famously in avoiding accountability for Bush-era torture and cover-up, but events make clear that the cover-ups obviously applied also to Bush political prosecutions."
More:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/05/1097552/-Gov-Don-Siegelman-Facing-20-Years-Obama-Pushes-for-Long-Sentence#/
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023955756/
Videos & more
http://www.donsiegelman.org/
http://www.youtube.com/user/freedonsiegelmannow/
Georgia Toddler Needs Our Prayers...TODAY!
June 8, 2014
Bou Phonesavanh, 19 months old, was sleeping in his playpen, when a Georgia Narcotics Task Force SWAT team member threw a stun grenade in the window which landed on the baby's pillow.
The Phonesavanh family's home in Wisconsin had burned down, and they were in Georgia temporarily to stay with relatives.
Bou is now in a medically-induced coma in Intensive Care at Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital, and it could be weeks before it's known if he'll survive, and what treatment he'll need.
Now, Bou's mother,father, and 3 sisters are facing weeks of uncertainty, unsure how long Bou will be hospitalized and where they'll live in the meantime.
The dad says they have nothing to do with drugs.
The family is angry, but hopeful that the toddler will make a full recovery.
His sisters' ages are 3, 5 and 7
He needs our prayers...He needs them badly And he needs them now, today!
Within hours of the "drug raid gone bad", both the District Attorney and the Sheriff issued statements saying that the police officers " had done nothing wrong"
I posted a story a few days ago about a Georgia Democratic State Senator calling for a federal investigation into the drug raid.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025050244/
More info on the story:
http://www.thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/06/05/3445048/swat-grenade-toddler/
Bou's family has no insurance.
A family friend has set up a fund to help pay the baby's medical expenses, as well as for food and other things the family will need.
http://www.gofundme.com/9mih84/
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