Holder Abandons Bush Era Political Prosecutions

Attorney General Eric Holder calls off the Fed dogs on convict Ted Stevens. Unlike the Right Wing ideologues, the libs have some integrity. Holder makes clear that he appreciates the gravity of the damage done to the department’s reputation during the Bush era.

Attorney General Eric Holder has decided that the Justice Department should abandon the corruption conviction secured against former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens. The bombshell decision has nothing to do with the merits of the case against Stevens–it stems from a recognition that the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section behaved unethically in the conduct of the case—withholding vital evidence from the defense, among other things. Holder is himself a former Public Integrity prosecutor. He made the right call in the Stevens case.

Would Alberto Gonzales overturn a conviction on a Democrat from the Clinton years?

Other Justice Department political prosecutions under investigation are the Gov. Siegelman case in Alabama, the prosecutions of Paul Minor and two Mississippi judges, and the prosecution of Cyril Wecht in Pittsburgh.

Source: Harpers