Special Treatment for Stevens

[malaise]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25951568/
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Stevens had been scheduled to appear at a pretrial services office earlier Thursday, to be interviewed by court officials but, under an unusual arrangement, he arrived for that meeting Wednesday afternoon, avoiding the media attention. U.S. Marshal George Walsh, whose office is in charge of booking defendants, said he was unaware of the arrangement until Thursday and was disappointed that it would appear Stevens received special treatment.

Wants speedy trial in Alaska
Stevens' legal team asked the judge Thursday to move the trial to Alaska, where the senator has been a political patron since before statehood. Attorney Sullivan also asked that the trial date be speeded up to give Stevens his day in court before the Nov. 4 election.

"He'd like to clear his name before the election," Sullivan told the judge. He added: "This is not a complex case. It should be one that moves quickly."

Stevens sat impassively at a witness table in the courtroom and whispered with his attorneys.

Prosecutors said they did not object to a trial date in late September.

"That is absolutely fine," said prosecutor Brenda K. Morris.

Judge Sullivan said he would consider the unusually fast trial schedule. He was meeting with his law clerks Thursday afternoon and was scheduled to reconvene court later.

[seemslikeadream]

1. Special treatment for a special guy

[malaise]

2. Priceless

What a suit. I'm betting you gave him the bow tie. :rofl:

[seemslikeadream]

5. The suit was just crying out for some accessories

:hi:

[DainBramaged]

3. Ted $tevens and John McSame perfect together

And BOTH out of their minds.

[Blue_In_AK]

4. Stevens may THINK he wants the trial in Alaska,

but so far the opinions of Alaskans I've read in print and online have been remarkably negative toward the old coot. U.S. attorneys Joe Bottini (who used to play with my brothers when they were little kids :) ) and Edward Sullivan have won three of three VECO corruption trials in the past months. Those guys were sentenced by Judge Sedwick and each is presently in prison for three to five years. We're tired of the corruption up here, and Ted's luster has dimmed.

[rurallib]

6. Will they meet at the Ted Stevens Federal Courthouse?

fucker has everything in Alaska named after him.