Eric Holder, Explain yourself

[Lowell]

Hey OJ got off too. Where is the outcry from the 'law and order' right whining about 'going soft on crime'?

I'm no fan of former Sen. Stevens and would bet that he is guilty of what he is charged with. But he does deserve a fair trial and prosecutorial malfeasance is a plague on our justice system. This kind of thing happens all the time at the bottom rungs of our justice system and it now gives Holder leverage to ~hopefully~ address that.

[oladub]

From the orf article, it sounded like the prosecution was stumbling all over itself trying to be inept. It could be that prosecuting a senator brings on the risk of reprisal; that Senator Stevens knows a lot of secrets about his colleagues and could, in turn, bring some of them down. Congress has become a bit too clubby.

[vetalalumni]

From the orf article, it sounded like the prosecution was stumbling all over itself trying to be inept.

This would be illegally conspiratorial. Sad if true.

[oladub]

vetalalumni, It seems unreasonable to believe that such a high profile case could be so thoroughly bungled by the Bush Justice Department's attorneys. There are all sorts of possible explanations. It's possible that the Bush Justice Department stabled some really inept lawyers that are brought out for cases they didn't really want to prosecute. We will soon see if the Obama Justice Department will prosecute this case with more vigor or also leave itself open to criticisms of cronyism.

[Johnlodge]

[ccbatson]

Evidence was not nearly strong enough.

[rb336]

let's see -- the head of that oil company testifies -- and evidence supports the testimony -- that he did bribe Stevens. QED