Michael Brown
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Rafael Palmeiro
Friday, September 09, 2005
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4 comments:
They're all dudes?
Try Again.
They all kind of renmind you of this guy?:
Klansman's bail revoked
A judge sent Edgar Ray Killen back to prison on Friday and said the Klansman jailed for orchestrating the murder of three civil rights workers had misled the court about his health to win bail.
Killen, who used an oxygen tank to assist his breathing during his trial in June, broke both legs in a tree-cutting accident in March. He testified at his bond hearing in August that he was in great pain, was unable to walk and needed therapy that was unavailable in prison.
But a sheriff's deputy testified on Friday that he saw 80-year-old Killen at a gas station, walking and standing beside his pickup truck. Several other deputies said they had seen Killen driving around town.
Killen was sentenced to 60 years in prison but in August, Gordon released him on $600,000 bail pending appeal because of his deteriorating health.
The judge noted on Friday that a local newspaper had quoted Killen as saying he planned to attend a "Killen Appreciation Day" reception proposed by a white supremacist group.
Gordon said Killen's mobility obviously was not as limited as he had claimed and ordered him back to prison. Deputies wheeled Killen out of the courthouse in his wheelchair and drove him to the Neshoba County jail to await transfer to the state prison.
"When you come into court and place yourself in front of the court in a truthful manner, you'll receive justice," the judge told reporters outside the courthouse later. "But when you come in there with fraudulent testimony, the courts can't stand for that."
My reaction when John Bolton received his gift appointment was: "Geez, how do you have any self respect? It's like being Rafael Palmeiro." And then I covered my mouth in shock that I'd made a baseball reference. Now Mr. Brown has joined the ranks of Bush Buddies those who have lied, cheated and stolen to get into their positions. (In some cases, allegedly, I suppose.) The guy who cheated his way out of prison (comment below) was probably a Bush buddy too given that he hates black people.
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