Are There Political Prisoners In America, And Did The Bush Administration Engineer this Plot?

And those in power have only one goal to stay in power. Some of the fact from the case. 2006 Election Siegelman faced Lt. Governor Lucy Baxley and minor candidates in the Democratic primary on June 6, during his trial. Despite Baxley's relatively low-profile campaign, she easily defeated Siegelman in the primary with almost 60% of the vote compared to Siegelman's 36%.[citation needed] Siegelman was convicted of federal corruption charges just three weeks later.[citation needed] Baxley went on to lose to incumbent Bob Riley in the general election. Riley won 58% of the vote; Baxley, just under 42%. [edit] Federal Prosecution A month after Don Siegelman took the Governor's office in 1999, U.S. Attorney Leura Canary, a Bush appointee, began a federal investigation of Don Siegelman. In 2006, Siegelman was convicted on corruption charges.[8] [edit] Early developments On May 27, 2004, Siegelman was indicted on federal charges. The day after his trial began, prosecutors abruptly dropped all ...  more