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Title: Libby's Bid for Leniency Hits Snag [Scooter orders 5-year supply of soap-on-a-rope]
Source: Guardian
URL Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6685268,00.html
Published: Jun 5, 2007
Author: MATT APUZZO
Post Date: 2007-06-05 11:18:28 by a vast rightwing conspirator
Keywords: None
Views: 198
Comments: 3

Libby's Bid for Leniency Hits Snag

Tuesday June 5, 2007 3:31 PM

AP Photo WX105

By MATT APUZZO

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former White House aide I. Lewis ``Scooter'' Libby's hopes of avoiding prison in the CIA leak case began to dim Tuesday as a federal judge ruled he could face a longer sentence because the investigation he obstructed was so serious.

Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, is the highest-ranking official convicted of a crime since the Iran Contra affair.

Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald wants to put Libby in prison for up to three years because the investigation he was convicted of obstructing - the leak of a CIA operative's identity - was so serious. Libby's attorneys are seeking no jail time and argue that it's unfair to increase the sentence simply because the investigation was serious.

``No one was ever charged. Nobody ever pleaded guilty,'' attorney William Jeffress said. ``The government did not establish the existence of an offense.''

U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton didn't accept that. By that reasoning, Walton said, witnesses benefit if they aggressively obstruct investigations so prosecutors can't make their case.

``I just can't buy in on that being good social policy,'' said Walton, who has a reputation as a tough sentencing judge. ``It's one thing if you obstruct a petty larceny. It's another thing if you obstruct a murder investigation.''

Walton's preliminary ruling doesn't necessarily foretell Libby's sentence. But it does make it harder for Libby's attorneys to argue for no jail time because it raises the seriousness of his offense.

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Libby's 5-years supply of soap on rope - it should be enough for a normally dirty SOB.

Antiparty - find out why, think about 'how'

a vast rightwing conspirator  posted on  2007-06-05   11:20:26 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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``No one was ever charged. Nobody ever pleaded guilty,'' attorney William Jeffress said. ``The government did not establish the existence of an offense.''

U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton didn't accept that. By that reasoning, Walton said, witnesses benefit if they aggressively obstruct investigations so prosecutors can't make their case.

This is a great quote to be read and digested by all the neocon propagandists and propagandistas. But it should give them mental indigestion.

Antiparty - find out why, think about 'how'

a vast rightwing conspirator  posted on  2007-06-05   11:23:09 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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Hoping that the Judge makes the time, fit the crime.

Nail this pos.

Dr.Ron Paul for President

Lod  posted on  2007-06-05   11:51:46 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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