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sabrina 1

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11. The DOJ has the power to investigate what was called a corrupt, politically motivated
Sat Oct 18, 2014, 03:33 PM
Oct 2014

conviction. Not just by Democrats, but by many Republicans also. Holder'sDOJ actually asked for MORE TIME for Don Siegelman, see the post above yours and the link in the OP.

So the DOJ CAN intervene in a case where sentencing has already been decided.

So tell me, if the DOJ can ask to INCREASE the time of someone whose conviction has been so controversial across the political spectrum, three years AFTER the trial, then why on earth is that power nonexistent when it comes to ordering a NEW TRIAL due to the overwhelming evidence of corruption in that trial?

What you are trying to tell us is that the DOJ has no power except, well, sometimes.

Sorry, but you are wrong. There is simply no excuse as to why this egregious miscarriage of justice has been allowed to stand for all these years despite the evidence of corruption and the witnesses who have testified to that corruption.

Holder's DOJ failed the people when they not only refused to investigate thoroughly the criminals involved in that trial, but asked for MORE time for Siegelman.

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