Senator Convicted on Corruption Charges
Verdict Casts Doubt on Reelection Prospects for Alaska Republican Ted StevensBy JASON RYAN, PIERRE THOMAS and THERESA COOK
Oct. 27, 2008—A jury in Washington, D.C., has convicted Alaska Republican Sen. Ted Stevens on federal corruption charges, casting doubt on the future of his 40-year political career.
A federal grand jury indicted Stevens, 84, in July on seven counts of making false statements, for allegedly lying on U.S. Senate financial disclosure forms for the years 1999 to 2006…..
Apparently being convicted of corruption charges isn’t necessarily a bar to being elected to the Senate.
The jury of eight women and four men deliberated for five hours Monday before returning guilty verdicts on all seven counts.
How exactly is a jury of 8 women and 4 men a “jury of one’s peers?” Something about that smells wrong.