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Former Ill. Gov. Goes on Trial for Fraud
ap on Yahoo ^ | 9/19/05 | Mike Robinson - ap

Posted on 09/19/2005 8:55:39 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

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To: NormsRevenge
I heard on the radio that Ryan was seeking permission to present to jurors his death-penalty record as part of establishing his "character". I don't know what was decided on that, but IMHO he should be allowed. Then that would open the doors for the state to show what a rotten political game Ryan's actions were, and totally demolish his character thereby.

FWIU, prosecutors are generally not allowed to introduce evidence of a defendant's character in an effort to score a conviction, but if a defendant tries to call character witnesses, the prosecution is allowed to rebut them (even if doing so well totally trashes the defendant's character).

21 posted on 09/19/2005 11:38:47 PM PDT by supercat (Don't fix blame--FIX THE PROBLEM.)
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To: libstripper

That is not even the crime. A truckdriver who legally received his license could have had the same accident. I think that he is responsible for other deaths that nobody talks about. The fire in a government building on a Friday afternoon may have been set to destroy boxes of records from when he was Secratary of State, and it destroyed lives as well. I guess that they thought that Friday afternoon would be safe and employees would have left for the weekend.


22 posted on 09/20/2005 9:40:14 AM PDT by Thomas Jefferson II (If we could harness the energy from our fore-fathers spinning in their graves)
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To: NormsRevenge

I was living in Chicago in '98 and voted for Poshard. It was the only time I ever voted for a Dem. Ryan was both a RINO and a crook.


23 posted on 09/20/2005 9:41:15 AM PDT by Clemenza (What's Puzzling You is Just the Nature of My Game)
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To: Thomas Jefferson II

I didn't know about this one. Thanks for mentioning it. A crook in one way will be a crook in aonther, up to and including murder.


24 posted on 09/20/2005 10:12:40 AM PDT by libstripper
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To: NormsRevenge

I just hope govenor Taft hasn't caused the ruination of the OH GOP the way governor Ryan has will the IL GOP.

That's the thing about RINO's, eventually you get the horn.


25 posted on 09/20/2005 10:14:24 AM PDT by NeoCaveman ("Government is not the solution, it is the problem" - Ronald Reagan)
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That is not even the crime. A truckdriver who legally received his license could have had the same accident.

FWIR, several people had tried to tell the driver his load was loose when he was at a rest stop, but he was unable to understand English. Since ability to understand English is a requirement for a CDL, there is a clear cause-and-effect relationship between the corruption and the "accident".

26 posted on 09/21/2005 12:37:41 AM PDT by supercat (Don't fix blame--FIX THE PROBLEM.)
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The "R" stands for "retard", not "Republican".


27 posted on 09/21/2005 12:40:48 AM PDT by TypeZoNegative (Future Minnesota Refugee)
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To: supercat

If my memory serves me right it was a part from the trailer, not the load.


28 posted on 09/26/2005 10:30:07 AM PDT by Thomas Jefferson II (If we could harness the energy from our fore-fathers spinning in their graves)
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