Anti-gay Bush official sentenced to jail

[William769]

A Bush administration official who came under criticism for refusing to enforce anti-discrimination policies protecting gay federal workers was sentenced on March 30 to one month in jail on a charge of criminal contempt of Congress.

Scott J. Bloch, who served as head of the U.S. Office of Special Council from 2004 to 2008, is appealing the sentence, which was handed down in Washington by U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Deborah Robinson. Robinson also sentenced him to one year of unsupervised probation and 200 hours of community service.

She agreed to put a stay on the sentence while Bloch’s attorney, William Sullivan, files an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Sullivan said the appeal is based on Bloch’s contention that he did not know the offense of contempt of Congress, to which he pleaded guilty in April 2010, carries a required minimum sentence of 30 days in jail.

The appeal seeks to overturn Robinson’s denial last month of a motion by Bloch to withdraw his guilty plea.

http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/04/07/anti-gay-bush-official-sentenced-to-jail/

[Angry Dragon]

1. Ignorance of the law is not an excuse

I wonder if he is a lawyer??

[Shining Jack]

3. +1

[Shining Jack]

2. Scumbag.

:grr:

[peopleb4money]

4. Is that a picture of Glen Benton on your avatar?

[Shining Jack]

5. Holy shit!

To be honest I'm not familiar with Glen Benton but I Googled for pics and lol, yeah they must have been separated at birth! :rofl:

[MNBrewer]

6. Anti-gay Bush official....

that doesn't narrow it down any hehe.

[Creideiki]

7. So the head lawyer didn't know the consequence of breaking the law?

Cry me a river.