Judge Orders Misconduct Probe in Stevens Case

WASHINGTON -- A federal judge set aside the conviction of former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens and appointed a special prosecutor to investigate possible criminal-contempt charges against federal prosecutors who the judge said repeatedly withheld evidence from defense attorneys.

U.S. District Court Judge Emmet G. Sullivan said, "In 25 years on the bench I have never seen anything approach the mishandling and misconduct I have seen in this case."

B.S., University of Southern California; J.D., Howard University. Brenda Morris joined the Public Integrity Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice in September 1991. After working for twelve years as a Trial Attorney with the Public Integrity Section,...Clinton appointee? Should have been fired in 2000? Or Civil Servant?

You missed the part about supervising the Abramoff investigation/prosecution. How many other folks were tainted by Ms. Morris's less than stellar methods of seeking truth and justice? California lost Rep. Richard Pombo based on smear and innuendo resulting from Abramoff -- no charges were ever filed. And were any of Alaska's legislators railroaded by the same team, the same lying witnesses, etc.?

BRENDA MORRIS: A longtime prosecutor with the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section, Morris now serves as its principal deputy. She helped supervise the investigation into disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and has prosecuted corruption cases around the country. She teaches corruption investigations within the Justice Department and is a professor at Georgetown Law School. A graduate of Howard University law school, she served as the lead attorney in the Stevens trial, giving the government's opening statement and cross-examining Stevens.
NICHOLAS MARSH: One of two Public Integrity trial attorneys on the case, Marsh handled much of the courtroom work during the trials of Alaska lawmakers caught up in the scandal. He has been part of numerous other public corruption investigations, including a scheme in Mississippi to defraud a $400 million fen-phen settlement. An FBI whistleblower accused Marsh of intentionally withholding evidence from Stevens and sending a witness back to Alaska during trial to prevent potentially damaging testimony. The prosecution team denies those accusations.

A federal jury in October convicted Mr. Stevens on seven counts of failing to disclose free home renovations and other gifts from friends. The verdict came just eight days before Election Day, and the Republican lost his re-election bid by fewer than 4,000 votes, handing Democrats a crucial seat in the Senate.

It doesn’t matter now - Democrats got the Senate seat, that’s all they were after.

It does matter.

You have major corruption at the DOJ.

These are not just "mistakes" in judgment. It's malicious criminality under the shield of law for political gain.

We can't just rollover and sing the limp wristed Repuplican's favorite tune; "Que Sera Sera".

Republicans should shout corruption...corruption from the roof tops.

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