Mr. President, please pardon Gov Don Siegelman so he can have Christmas with his family. nm

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89. Well, in the case of Republican Sen. Ted Stevens, Eric Holder asked a Judge

to drop all charges against him because of allegations of prosecutorial misconduct. The judge did so.

Stevens was convicted on seven counts of ethics violations. He claimed that the Prosecution failed to turn over papers to his attorneys. Holder agreed and got the conviction over-turned. At the time, Holder was praised for taking the trouble to look into the case and many hoped that he was setting a standard of being on top of prosecutorial misconduct. It was also expected that he would do the same for Don Siegelman where the misconduct was far more egregious, including that of the judge.

But, he never did so. I do not know why he was so willing to help a Republican, who was most likely guilty of the charges. I listened to some of the testimony in that trial although I do agree that once a trial is tainted, you have to err on the side of the person most affected. They could have tried him again, but chose not to. But it appears he was not interested in the Siegelman case for some reason.