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Lipscomb named to police review board02:36 PM CDT on Wednesday, August 27, 2003BY SELWYN CRAWFORD / The Dallas Morning News Former Dallas City Council member Al Lipscomb has been approved by the Dallas City Council for a seat on a board that reviews complaints of police misconduct for the city. Mr. Lipscomb, a civil rights advocate, won a seat on the Dallas Citizens Police Review Board by an 11-4 vote. The vote was on the entire slate of the police review board after council member John Loza tried to remove Mr. Lipscomb's name from the slate for a separate...

Lipscomb 'free and clear' Bribery retrial wouldn't serve justice, U.S. attorney says 08/31/2002 By TODD BENSMAN / The Dallas Morning News U.S. Attorney Jane Boyle announced Friday that she would not retry former Dallas City Council member Al Lipscomb on bribery charges, in spite of what she called overwhelming evidence of corruption. A second trial would "not serve the interests of justice," she said in a prepared statement. The decision not to retry Mr. Lipscomb, 77, comes six weeks after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed his 1999 conviction on 65 charges of accepting bribes from a...

Lipscomb says no to politics With legal fate unclear, ex-council member says he's weighing 4 job offers 07/16/2002 By TODD BENSMAN and TIARA M. ELLIS / The Dallas Morning News On his first day of freedom, Al Lipscomb said Monday that he would not run for public office and instead would look at four job offers. An appellate court reversed Mr. Lipscomb's 2000 bribery conviction Friday, but it wasn't until Monday that his probation officer removed the electronic monitoring bracelet he had worn for his 27 months of home confinement. With the 77-year-old still facing a decision by government...

Lipscomb conviction overturned 07/13/2002 By VICTORIA LOE HICKS and TODD BENSMAN / The Dallas Morning News A federal appeals court set Al Lipscomb free Friday night, 27 months into the former Dallas City Council member's 41-month home confinement for taking bribes. Mr. Lipscomb, who is 77 and has a variety of health problems, greeted the news with gratitude at his southern Dallas home. "I wanted to fall on my knees and just pray," he told a WFAA-TV (Channel 8) reporter. "I'm thankful to all the people who stuck with me." Also Online Complete text of court's opinion U.S. Fifth...