Prosecutors Drop Siegelman Appeal = seeking stiffer 30 year prison sentence

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Prosecutors Drop Siegelman Appeal
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/06/lawyers_rally_behind_siegelman.php

By Kate Klonick - June 4, 2008, 1:26PM

From the AP:

Federal prosecutors are no longer seeking stiffer prison sentences for former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman and former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy.

Prosecutors filed a motion this week with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals asking that their appeals of the sentences be dropped. Their appeal had sought a longer prison term than Siegelman's more than seven-year sentence and Scrushy's almost seven-year sentence.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SIEGELMAN_TRIAL_SENTENCE?SITE=KING&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

The longer sentences that had been originally requested in the prosecutors' appeal were 30 years for Siegelman, and 25 years for Scrushy.

Late last week, Siegelman received a surge of support from a bi-partisan group of 54 former state attorneys general ...

http://www.al.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-36/1212266344269120.xml&storylist=alabamanews