Posted on 03/09/2010 10:45:01 PM PST by SmokingJoe
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—A former top aide to Bill Clinton, charged with trying to smuggle contraband to a death-row inmate, will ask a state court to allow a videotaped deposition of the man before he is executed.
The request, to be made Wednesday in Pine Bluff, is the latest twist in the case of Betsey Wright, an outspoken death-penalty opponent accused of trying to take tattoo needles tucked inside a bag of Doritos chips, as well as a pocketknife and a box cutter, into a high-security prison.
The videotaped deposition is necessary because her trial is set for May 25, several weeks after inmate Don William Davis is scheduled to be executed for a 1990 murder, said her lawyer, Jeff Rosenzweig. The defense said it believes Mr. Davis would testify that he didn't expect Ms. Wright to bring him anything during the visit.
Ms. Wright, Mr. Clinton's chief of staff while he served as Arkansas governor, said she simply stumbled into a prison contraband ring, Mr. Rosenzweig said.
Mr. Rosenzweig will also ask Circuit Judge Jodi Raines Dennis to grant the defense access to state Department of Correction files to look for information on contraband incidents involving prison vending machines, where Ms. Wright alleges she found the needle-laden bag of chips.
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Good Heavens! This one is worth a short-read click on the article.
Imagine the coincidence. I accidentally found a bag of Doritos full of contraband and tried to give it to a prisoner. Oh, and some razor blade stuff and tweezers hidden in a pen. Hm.
Seems the article forgot that young Betsey is a contemporary of slick willie and accompanied him throughout his impeachment.
He’s the gift that never stops giving.
K.
A blast from the past! She was in charge of handling bill’s bimbo eruptions. Devoted to hillary.
Is there such a thing as a non-corrupt Liberal Democrat?
The vending machine angle is new to me.
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