Not much more to say on this one
I've tried a couple of times to conjure up a detailed post about Thursday's sentencing of HealthSouth founder Richard Scrushy and former Gov. Don Siegelman on corruption convictions. But honestly, it's tough to contribute much beyond the axiomatic.
The defense wanted no prison time. The prosecution wanted 25 or 30 years. The sentence ended up somewhere in the middle. Siegelman will continue to say, as he has from the beginning, that the case was politically motivated. The government will continue to say, as it has from the beginning, that it wasn't. The defendants will appeal. The courts will decide. We'll hear about it.
Meanwhile, two men who once sat at the top of the state's business and political worlds will sit in federal prison instead. And one would hope that Alabama will pause for a moment at some point to reflect on how it all came to this.
The defense wanted no prison time. The prosecution wanted 25 or 30 years. The sentence ended up somewhere in the middle. Siegelman will continue to say, as he has from the beginning, that the case was politically motivated. The government will continue to say, as it has from the beginning, that it wasn't. The defendants will appeal. The courts will decide. We'll hear about it.
Meanwhile, two men who once sat at the top of the state's business and political worlds will sit in federal prison instead. And one would hope that Alabama will pause for a moment at some point to reflect on how it all came to this.
posted by Alabamian at 12:10 AM
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