Under the long shadow of a years-ago recusal of the US Attorney from the Middle District of Alabama, and just days away from the commencement of a Congressional hearing, Louis Franklin has yet again stepped up to defend and explain the integrity of his District. Almost two years since the indictment was unsealed, over a year after the District won a conviction and months after the defendants have been sent to prison, the prosecutors continue to defend their actions with denials and now childish name-calling instead of open, honest and forthright answers to legitimate questions. The latest proclamation takes aim at a broad range of the questioning voices, but Franklin’s statement is most likely meant to coincide with the publication of national print coverage in Time magazine. The tone and tenor of the various District proclamations has evolved over time regardless of who’s name appears at the top or bottom of the documents, and they appear to be the work of multiple authors. Just as reliable sources have said that the case was pushed from Washington over the early objections of the Middle District prosecutors, there now appears to be an unseen hand pulling the strings and speaking through Mr. Franklin.
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I rarely respond to comments because I would rather the discussion be independend of my post, but the last one has generated more verbiage than usual, so I guess that I should as a one-time thing, but further posts will get back to the issues at hand: The government has filed their sentencing motion wish-lists, which will soon be followed by corresponding motions from Scrushy and Siegelman. The prosecution wants 25 years for Scrushy and 30 years for Siegelman. Although the motions filed by the government raise a number of issues worth discussing, there are at least a couple of things that jump out. |
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