Attorney Paul Minor denied emergency release to be with dying wife

[RamboLiberal]

Paul Minor, a prominent Mississippi attorney before being sent to prison on corruption charges along with former Alabama Governor Paul Siegelman, appealed the courts yesterday for an emergency release to be with his dying wife, Sylvia, who is suffering from brain cancer.

Minor has asked the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to throw out the conviction, claiming the trial judge allowed improper jury instructions. And while the court considered that appeal, Minor wanted to be released on bond so he could be with Sylvia, whose demise is said to be 'imminent.'

The court has rejected Minor's request.

Minor, a decorated Vietnam War veteran who made a fortune in lawsuits against tobacco, asbestos and other businesses, is serving an 11-year sentence in a federal prison in Pensacola, Fla. He was convicted in March 2007 of bribing two judges.

Minor had sought a furlough earlier this year to be with his wife, and was granted only three hours to be at her side.

http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/04/attorney-paul-minor-denied-emergency-release-to-be-with-dying-wife/

[Xipe Totec]

1. Nice call, Javert!

:eyes:

[PDJane]

2. B******s.

That's a ridiculous decision, vicious and just plain mean.