Former Gov. Don Siegelman has regained his state law license, years after being released from federal prison in a government corruption case.
Photo from U.S. Department of Justice, Middle District of Alabama The U.S. attorney who prosecuted former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman on corruption charges in retiring. Louis Franklin announced today he’s stepping aside after 30 years of public service. Franklin first joined the U.S. attorney’s office for the Middle District of Alabama in 1990. He returned after a two-year stint in…
Senior Political Reporter Tim Lennox sat down for a Face to Face with Joseph Siegelman, who’s running as for State Attorney General. Siegelman will be running as a Democrat. He is also the son of former governor, Don Siegelman. Categories: Face 2 Face Tags: Alabama Attorney General, campaign 2018, DON SIEGELMAN, election 2018, Joseph Siegelman
Several hundred people watched a documentary about former Governor Don Siegelman today, inclulding Seigelman himself. The documentary is titled Atticus v. The Architect. The Atticus reference is the first name of the lawyer in “To Kill A Mockingbird”. The “Architect” refers to Republican operative Karl Rove. Siegelman says he wants people to learn one lesson: “It’s important to look at…
Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman is speaking out about his federal corruption conviction and and his time spent in prison. Siegelman spent more than six years at a federal prison following his conviction on federal corruption charges he took an illegal campaign contribution from Healthsouth founder Richard Scrushy. Earlier this week he was released from house arrest following his time…
Promotional image from the documentary producers. Alabama News Network has learned the scheduled Montgomery showing of a documentary about the prosecution and jailing of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman has been canceled. Our sources say the non-profit Capri Theater’s board of directors believes the film defames a member of their board, Leura Canary, who was U.S. attorney when Siegelman was…
President Barack Obama will not pardon former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman. The Department of Justice informed Siegelman’s attorneys Thursday that his clemency petition had been denied. Siegelman’s supporters had long hoped the president would free the former Alabama governor before leaving office. The 70-year-old Democrat is serving a 6½ year sentence for bribery and obstruction of justice in a federal…
President Obama has commuted the sentence of a Montgomery man convicted of drug crimes, but has taken no action to pardon former Governor Don Siegelman, who is in the same prison at the freed convict. The pardons are part of a White House effort to release federal prisoners who received severe sentences for non-violent drug offenses. Jerome Lee Menefee was…
A group of more than 100 former state attorneys general is asking President Barack Obama to pardon former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, who’s serving a prison sentence for bribery. The letter was sent to the White House on Wednesday. Former New York Attorney General Bob Abrams said they believe the Democrat’s conviction was unjust and tarnished by politics. Siegelman was…
A defense lawyer says former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman is being held in solitary in the federal prison where he’s serving time on corruption charges. Siegelman called a liberal talk show on Oct. 15 to discuss his claims that he’s innocent and a political prisoner. The Democrat blames Republicans for his prosecution. The segment ended with Siegelman saying he was…
