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...