Ex-AL gov. Don Siegelman freed pending appeal

Former Alabama governor Don Siegelman is set to be released from prison today, by order of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals:

A federal appeals court on Thursday ordered Siegelman released pending the appeal of his corruption case. Prison spokeswoman Tammy Jarvis said he cannot be released until court documents are received, but the papers were expected sometime Friday.

In its ruling, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the former governor had raised "substantial questions of fact and law" in challenging his conviction. [TIME]

Siegelman will go free pending an appeal of his conviction for bribery. For some reason,  Richard Scrushy, Siegelman's co-defendant (who allegedly offered the bribe), will not be released pending appeal.

The House Judiciary Committee wants to hear Siegelman's testimony about his alleged selective prosecution by US Attorneys.

Comments

[Cass]

I'll have some popcorn, thank you.

[voxy]

YAY ! It's a good sign.

Still, one HOPES that he did NOT 'learn his lesson' to never step out of line again because, as you've said, that's ALL this was about.
That and power-transfer.

[Robert Coleman]

The "Mobile Register" was the republican party's instrument for this travesty. They set their resident drunk on this case and he reported some things, made up some things and used material from the federal court that was illegal for him to possess, Guess where it came from.