Posted on 02/19/2006 9:58:02 PM PST by NormsRevenge
Letters of Support http://www.nctimes.com/pdf/cunningham2.pdf
Declaration or Dr. Timothy Donahue http://www.nctimes.com/pdf/cunningham.pdf
Previous stories:
http://nctimes.com/articles/2006/02/18/news/top_stories/16_59_392_17_06.txt
http://nctimes.com/articles/2006/02/18/news/top_stories/20_13_172_17_06.txt
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/11/29/news/top_stories/112805193240.txt
Related links:
View the government's sentencing recommendations: http://nctimes.com/pdf/cunningham.pdf
Boo freaking hoo?
Sounds like the state will save a lot of money while nature takes its course and takes this scumbag.
10 years is not that long for over 2 million dollars in bribes. Especially in light of the heavy federal sentencing guidelines for drug offenders.
Shoul have thought about that before taking the bribes.
C'mon, be a man and take your medicine, you bribin-bastid.
She should be able to benefit from the bribes because she "didn't know"? 10 to 1 she egged him on every step of the way, enjoying her mansion, the rides in the Rolls Royce, etc. Throw her in jail too.
At least it won't be time in the Hanoi Hilton.
The part that caught my eye is "doing manual labor for room and board" .... yeah, right. He was a Congressman in California for crying out loud.
I don't know the facts here, and I doubt anyone on FReep does. But if he's really dying, that should be taken into account. White-collar crime shouldn't require you to die in prison. It's just vengeful to do that, and for the most part, only violent criminals are worthy of revenge.
Being a Republican, Mr. Cunningham will probably get the full sentence demanded. Things tend to work that way, it seems.
Being a Republican should have meant that he knew better.
No sympathy. You do the crime, you do the time. Unless of course, you are a Clinton.
From the article........
Cunningham has admitted using his seat on the powerful House of Representatives Appropriations Committee and its Subcommittee on Defense to accomplish what the government said were contract awards that were "not in the best interests of the country."
You might want to rethink your characterization of his crimes.
Or a Fat Ted !
Bribery is objective. "Not in the best interest of the country" is what many congressmen do every day. Some legal abuses of power are worse than some illegal ones. Cunningham deserves punishment, but I don't think he's the worst. The main reason to punish people with prison sentences for political corruption is to keep them out of political circulation. Cunningham is out of circulation anyway.
"There is also an ongoing probe of how he handled access to classified information as a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and as chairman of its subcommittee on human intelligence."
Hidden Imam say: Not much chance this intelligence giant would find where I am, given that his daily business and best-loved hobby was selling his country out.
PS: Any health care he gets is obviously wasted, anyway. Save your US bucks for a worthwhile cause.
As a matter of academic interest, do you include treason in that?
"There is also an ongoing probe of how he handled access to classified information "
Not to mention I assume he will be placed in a minimum security prison. He will not (nor should he) do very hard time.
What's really appalling is that Duke potentially draws a long prison sentence for doing something stupid (albeit not violent), but the RINO Governor & Congressman from South Dakota, Bill Janklow, got peanuts for criminally negligent manslaughter.
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