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NPR: Stevens Free
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... Justice drops charges against former Alaska Senator. ...
Holder voids Stevens conviction
News —
... NPR is reporting that Attorney General Eric Holder will withdraw the indictment of Ted Stevens due to prosecutorial misconduct. Nina Totenberg writes that Holder knows the trial judge, Emmet Sullivan, well, and has watched in horror as Sullivan has repeatedly criticized prosecutors for their actions. Sentencing has been repeatedly delayed. By last month, it was playing a back seat to charges of prosecutorial misconduct — as a whistle-blowing FBI agent made complaints about improper conduct by a fellow agent and prosecutors. With a hearing scheduled in two weeks to explore ...
Ted Stevens Conviction Voided
Outside The Beltway | OTB —
... Attorney General Eric Holder has dropped the case against Ted Stevens, NPR’s Nina Totenberg reports. A jury convicted Stevens last fall of seven counts of lying on his Senate disclosure form in order to conceal $250,000 in gifts from an oil industry executive and other friends. Stevens was the longest-serving Republican in the Senate, however, he lost his bid for an eighth full term in office just days after he was convicted. Since then, charges of prosecutorial misconduct have delayed his sentencing and prompted defense motions for a new trial. According to Justice ...
AG Holder To Void Ex-Senator Ted Stevens Convictions
Right Soup —
... Breaking news this morning via the NPR that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will void the convictions against former Alaska senator Ted Stevens: ...
Charges to be Dropped Against Stevens
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
NPR has learned that the Justice Department will drop all charges against former Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK).
"According to Justice Department officials, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has decided to drop the case against Stevens rather than continue to defend the conviction in the face of persistent problems stemming from the actions of prosecutors."
Justice Department To Drop Stevens Charges
TPMMuckraker —
NPR:
The Justice Department will drop all charges against former Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska, NPR has learned.
It added that Attorney General Eric Holder decided the conviction could not be defended thanks to problems with the prosecution.
The news of the case being dropped has now been confirmed independently by the AP and CNN. Stevens was convicted last fall of failing to disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts from oil-services contractor Bill Allen.
But the case was marred by allegations ...
Ted Stevens Walks
Swampland —
... after all. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports this morning that AG Eric Holder has decided to drop all charges against the cantakerous former Senator from Alaska.: ...
Read These Now Because Justice is Fickle
Shakesville —
... Speaking of teevee, here's a reminder that Mr. Ted "I have same-sex attraction issues, but I'm surviving" Haggard and his wife Gayle will appear on Divorce Court on this most fitting of days. The show is a two-part special too. There is a video clip on the DC front page. Report: Gays sentenced to death in Iraq, executions to begin next week. (PageOneQ) The Justice Department dropped all charges against Sen. Ted Stevens and conviction voided (NPR) Euna Lee and Laura Ling face trial in North Korea. (BBC ...
NPR
Sister Toldjah —
Sources: Sen. Stevens Conviction To Be Voided
Hulk Smash Indictment? DOJ to Drop All Charges Against Ted Stevens
Firedoglake —
... NPR's Nina Totenberg reports that DOJ sources say Ted Stevens' indictment will be dismissed this morning by AG Eric Holder. This would, effectively, end pending criminal sentencing from Stevens' trial. ...
A.G. Eric Holder will void the conviction of Sen. Ted Stevens and dismiss the indictment.
Althouse —
Nina Totenberg reports: The judge in the Stevens case has repeatedly delayed sentencing and criticized trial prosecutors for what he's called prosecutorial misconduct. At one point, prosecutors were held in contempt. Things got so bad that the Justice Department finally replaced the trial team, including top-ranking officials in the office of public integrity. That's the department's section charged with prosecuting public corruption cases. With more ugly hearings expected, Holder is said to have decided late Tuesday to pull the plug.... Holder's ...
Not Siegelman, not Minor... but Stevens...
At-Largely —
... : NPR's Nina Totenberg reports that DOJ sources say Ted Stevens' indictment will be dismissed this morning by AG Eric Holder. This would, effectively, end pending criminal sentencing from Stevens' trial. Reportedly, it was allegations of prosecutory misconduct and the withholding of potentially exculpatory information by prosecutors on the case ...
Backing off Stevens
Ben Smith's Blog —
... imply that any determination has been made about the conduct of those attorneys who handled the investigation and trial of this case.
The Department of Justice must always ensure that any case in which it is involved is handled fairly and consistent with its commitment to justice. Under oftentimes trying conditions, the attorneys who serve in this Department live up to those principles on a daily basis. I am proud of them and of the work they do for the American people.
NPR broke the news, which stems from defense charges of prosecutorial misconduct.
On the Radar: Wednesday, April 1st
The Latest on Air America —
... From the "Hey, I remember those guys" file: Ted Stevens's conviction has been thrown out because of prosecutorial misconduct, and ...
This Just In: Bush Justice Department Incompetent
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
... The withdrawal of charges against former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens serves as more proof of what we already knew: the Bush DOJ couldn't do anything right. Attorney General Eric Holder has decided that "it is in the interest of justice to dismiss the indictment and not proceed with a new trial," according to a ...
Mission Accomplished
small dead animals —
... motivated prosecutions. While Stevens may or may not have committed a crime, he was deprived of a fair trial by prosecutors who knowingly and in defiance of court orders withheld relevant documents and information in order to secure a conviction of a high-profile Senator. The result was not just a wrongful conviction, but a change in the overall structure of our political process which will have implications for decades if Begich becomes the deciding vote on Obama's agenda. More at NPR . Posted by Kate at April 1, 2009 10:15 AM
Where Does Ted Stevens Go to Get His Senate Seat Back?
Flopping Aces —
... Dems stole the Senate seat in 2008 election justice can be served!
Remembering today the famous words of former Labor Secretary Ray Donovan in the Reagan Administration 1981-1985. Donovan was wrongly accused of fraud in connection to organized crime. After he was acquitted he said: “Which office do I go to get my reputation back?”
Justice Dept. Seeks To Void Stevens’ Conviction
by Nina Totenberg
NPR
April 1, 2009 · The Justice Department on Wednesday asked a federal judge to drop ...
DOJ drops charges against Ted Stevens
HorsesAss.Org —
... Citing prosecutorial misconduct, the Justice Department this morning asked a federal judge to drop all charges against former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, and void his convictions on seven counts of lying about gifts from oil services company executives. In a statement, US Attorney General Eric Holder said that he would not seek a new trial. ...
Justice Department to Drop All Charges Against Former Alaskan Senator Stevens
Ace of Spades HQ —
Justice Department to Drop All Charges Against Former Alaskan Senator Stevens ...owing to prosecutorial misconduct, long alleged by Stevens, and apparently accurately. I assume Stevens is corrupt. I assume he probably should have been evicted from Congress. But what the hell were these prosecutors doing bringing a case like this before an election? Posted by: ...
Political Hit Job
Blue Crab Boulevard —
... I heard about this on the drive home : The Justice Department on Wednesday asked a federal judge to drop all charges against former Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska. A jury convicted Stevens last fall of seven counts of lying on his Senate disclosure form in order to conceal $250,000 in gifts from an oil industry executive and other friends. Stevens was the longest-serving Republican in the Senate. However, he lost his bid for an eighth full term in office just days after he was convicted. Since then, charges of prosecutorial misconduct have delayed his sentencing and prompted ...
Prosecutorial Misconduct Leads To Stevens Exoneration
Rhymes With Right —
It seems like someone was out to get Ted Stevens and was even open to suborning perjury and hiding evidence to get a conviction. The Justice Department moved to dismiss former Sen. Ted Stevens' indictment this morning, effectively voiding his Oct. 27 conviction on seven counts of filing false statements on his Senate financial disclosure forms. The decision by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder comes after a new prosecution team discovered a previously undocumented interview with the star witness in the case that sharply contradicted the most dramatic testimony in ...
With charges dropped against Stevens, Alaska GOP now calling on Begich to resign.
Think Progress —
... Yesterday, Attorney General Eric Holder said that he was asking a judge to drop all charges against former Alaska senator Ted Stevens because of prosecutorial misconduct by Justice Department lawyers. In response, the Alaska Republican party today sent out a press release hailing the announcement and calling for the resignation of Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK), who defeated Stevens this past November: ...
ThinkFast: April 2, 2009
The Hollywood Liberal —
... Yesterday, Attorney General Eric Holder said that he was asking a judge to drop all charges against former Alaska senator Ted Stevens because of prosecutorial misconduct by Justice Department lawyers. In response, the Alaska Republican party today sent out a press release hailing the announcement and calling for the resignation of Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK), […] Yesterday, Attorney General Eric Holder said that he was asking a judge to drop all charges against former Alaska senator Ted Stevens because of prosecutorial misconduct by Justice Department lawyers. In response, the ...
New DOJ same as the old DOJ?
Newshoggers.com —
... Attorney General Holder stepped into former Senator Ted Steven’scorruption case on the grounds that federal prosecutors behaved unethically and possibly in a criminal way. This was the right decision, but why Stevens and no one else? Why are federal prosecutors demanding harsher sentencing in a case where the prosecutorial misconduct was far worse than it was in the Stevens’ case? ...
