A Hellish Bill of Indictment
July 5th, 2007
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| Photo by Glynn Wilson |
| It looks like war and hell all wrapped up into one huge fireworks blast Wednesday on the Southside of Birmingham. Even Vulcan looks like he is spitting fire and brimstone, while over at the hottest blog on the Web Press right now, Scott Horton of the Harper’s magazine column “No Comment” talks about a Bill of Indictment for Bush. |
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July 5th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
If Governor Siegelman was a Republican, would our President commute his and Mr. Scrushy’s prison sentences?
As the citizens of Alabama celebrated the 4th of July, our Ex-Governor, along with Health South CEO Richard Scrushy, did their best to survive at the federal penitentiary in Atlanta.
To many readers, Siegelman and Scrushy’s sentence to time in jail is just a day’s news. The partisan handling of these men’s trial and sentencing is reason for this 4th of July to be a very sad day!
As a friend of the Siegelman family, I get direct reports on the Governor and Mr. Scrushy’s treatment in prison. On Thursday, June 28, Governor Siegelman was sentenced to 88 months in prison. His co-defendant, Richard Scrushy, was sentenced to 64 months in prison. Upon handing down these sentences, both men were shackled and lead to jail without even allowing Mr. Scrushy to hug his wife and children. They were immediately transported to the federal penitentiary in Atlanta. The only thing that Governor Siegelman was allowed to keep was his wedding ring.
The worse was yet to come. As residents of the penitentiary, the Governor was not allowed a change of clothes, a toothbrush or a bar of soap until Wednesday, July 4th. As for Mr. Scrushy, an asthmatic, he was not allowed to have his asthma medication until Tuesday, July 3rd, even though he had been having attacks. It appears from the way these men are being treated, the prison has instructions to make their lives as miserable as possible.
Is Atlanta Don’s and Richard’s Guantanamo or Abu Ghraib? It may very well be, if all Alabamians fail to speak out. Please call your U. S. Senator and Representative today and ask them to investigate the trial, sentencing, and treatment of Don and Richard.
Bill Webb
Decatur, Alabama