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DeLay conviction overturned ? CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs
September 19th, 2013
(CNN) Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's conviction on money laundering charges was overturned Thursday by a court in Texas.
DeLay, who was once one of the most powerful men on Capitol Hill, was convicted in 2010 for allegedly trying to influence Texas elections by trying to channel nearly $200,000 in corporate donations to Republicans running for the state legislature, which is prohibited by Lone Star state law. Delay, who served more than two decades in the House before resigning in 2006, was sentenced to three years in prison.
"Because we conclude that the evidence was legally insufficient to sustain DeLay's convictions, we reverse the judgments of the trial court and render judgments of acquittal," said an opinion from the District Court of Travis County, Texas.
The U.S. Department of Justice ended its own investigation of Delay in 2010 without filing any criminal charges against the former congressman. He has been free on bail pending appeal of his conviction.
This is highly unusual. The conviction was overturned on grounds of insufficient evidence!!! That almost never happens. Convictions are reversed only due to judicial error or jury misconduct. You have to figure the appellate court took a bribe or was intimidated in some way.
DeLay conviction overturned ? CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs
September 19th, 2013
(CNN) Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's conviction on money laundering charges was overturned Thursday by a court in Texas.
DeLay, who was once one of the most powerful men on Capitol Hill, was convicted in 2010 for allegedly trying to influence Texas elections by trying to channel nearly $200,000 in corporate donations to Republicans running for the state legislature, which is prohibited by Lone Star state law. Delay, who served more than two decades in the House before resigning in 2006, was sentenced to three years in prison.
"Because we conclude that the evidence was legally insufficient to sustain DeLay's convictions, we reverse the judgments of the trial court and render judgments of acquittal," said an opinion from the District Court of Travis County, Texas.
The U.S. Department of Justice ended its own investigation of Delay in 2010 without filing any criminal charges against the former congressman. He has been free on bail pending appeal of his conviction.
Unbelievable!! What has this country come to?? It's not the America I once knew. For the first time in my life, I'm ashamed to be an American.
This was a targeted dimocrap lynching from the beginning.
Now where does he go to get his reputation back?
And why isn't the dimocrap scum prosecutor going to prison?
dimocraps are the scum of the Earth
Or, there never was any evidence and the lower court was democrat.
Or, there never was any evidence and the lower court was democrat.
This was a targeted dimocrap lynching from the beginning.
Now where does he go to get his reputation back?
And why isn't the dimocrap scum prosecutor going to prison?
dimocraps are the scum of the Earth
The MSM is reporting this like it was a technicality. I think lack of evidence is a little more than a technicality.
Or, there never was any evidence and the lower court was democrat.
There was evidence and the trial court thought it was sufficient. For most of us, if you appeal a case on grounds of insufficient evidence, the appellate court will laugh at you.
Or, there never was any evidence and the lower court was democrat.
There was evidence and the trial court thought it was sufficient. For most of us, if you appeal a case on grounds of insufficient evidence, the appellate court will laugh at you.
Ronnie Earl had to go through 7 grand juries before he finally found one that would indict Delay. That alone should have got the case dismissed.
Earl is the sleaziest of scumbags.
There was evidence and the trial court thought it was sufficient. For most of us, if you appeal a case on grounds of insufficient evidence, the appellate court will laugh at you.
Ronnie Earl had to go through 7 grand juries before he finally found one that would indict Delay. That alone should have got the case dismissed.
Earl is the sleaziest of scumbags.
And he doesn't care. Not one bit. He's sitting home laughing at all of us.
He got done what he wanted to get done.... Removed on of the most House Whips in history and kept him out of office with no hope of ever returning.
And nothing can be done about it because of prosecutorial 'shield laws'.
The Judges in this case should be disbarred but that ain't gonna happen either.
Right, left or in between, you wanna see a group of people circle the wagons at the speed of light?
Lawyers and Judges and Prosecutors. The only way to get to them is through the Legislature. They need to be impeached and charged by the Legislature.
Ain't gonna happen
