It is the day after Veterans Day, a holiday originally set aside to commemorate the end of World War I, but was later generalized to honor all veterans who have served our country. Because it fell on Sunday, the banks, some schools and the delivery of the US Mail are shut down today. Courts too. There will be no decisions today. As of Veterans Day, 2007, it has been about four and a half months since Don Siegelman and Richard Scrushy were hauled off to prison, and it has been about four months since emergency appeals were filed on their behalf, appeals that could free them while they await disposition of the appellate process that could take up to two years.
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It was fitting that on the day that the doors swung open for Paris Hilton, in California, a group of eight people stood on the curb in front of the federal court house, in Montgomery, and held up signs to show their displeasure with Richard Scrushy. And in perhaps a mocking echo of Fred Gray’s over-the-top “Free at last” closing argument, the protesters burst into a rendition of “We Shall Overcome.” Judge Fuller has embellished Magistrate Judge Coody’s recommendations on controlling and monitoring Richard Scrushy to have the defendant GPS-tethered full-time. Scrushy’s latest foray into testing the boundaries may have been a “mistake” or a “misunderstanding” or an errant assumption bolstered by non-existent or bad advice, but Fuller is sending a clear message that a person in Scrushy’s position should be clear on the limits before venturing out to play. It also seems that his time and pursuits should be devoted to other more pressing matters, so either way, it doesn’t look like this worked out well for Richard Scrushy. |
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