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Tonight a clearly confused and tired federal jury convicted former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on only one of 24 corruption counts brought against him. The one conviction, not surprisingly at this point, came on one of the least serious charges of lying to federal agents. Ironically, this is the same felony that put Martha Stewart behind bars a few years ago. The jury deadlocked on the other 23 counts including the most publicized and controversial matter of whether or not he tried to sell the Senate seat of President Obama. Blagojevich could have faced up to 20 years in prison if convicted of some of the more serious charges, but alas he wasnt. Prosecutors say they will retry the case but if they plan to do so, they need to spend some serious time reevaluating their approach because the next round is on the American taxpayers dime. How do you feel about that?
I have to wonder if it would be worth it to try it again. The man's life is already is shambles...he lost his job, no money...he even resorted to a reality show! I think we need to move on.
ReplyDeleteSomething tells me that they will still go forward with a second trial but the result will be the same wasting probably millions of taxpayer dollars on something that was pointless to begin with. If they weren't able to try the case properly the first time, I'm not sure what makes them think they can get it right the second. Should make for an interesting example in what not to do at the very least!
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