(07-09-2014 11:29 AM)JMUDunk Wrote:  

(07-09-2014 10:59 AM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(07-09-2014 10:40 AM)bevotex Wrote:  

Quote:A jury convicted Nagin of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes -- money, free vacation trips and truckloads of free granite for his family business -- from businessmen who wanted work from the city or Nagin's support for various hurricane recovery projects.

Typical liberal scum

Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Coman compared Nagin's crimes with those of other public officials who drew stiff sentences, including former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (28 years), former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (14 years) and former Birmingham, Alabama, Mayor Larry Langford (15 years).

The letter by Nagin's wife also details the family's financial ruin and personal anguish.

"We are mentally and financially drained," she wrote in her four-page letter dated July 1. "We have exhausted our savings, borrowed from family, gone on public assistance (for the first time ever) and even had to file bankruptcy to avoid being homeless. We have even sold much of our furniture and all of our jewelry with the exception of our wedding rings."

Hunh. She fails to mention that they exhausted all the bribe money her hubby took as well. Times is tough!

This is probably Bush's fault...

Did she check the freezer for some of the bribe money?

This is why people don't like lawyers:

Quote:Nagin's defense attorney Robert Jenkins petitioned the court for a lighter sentence. He argued that his client is a first-time offender with no criminal record.

It's not his first offense, it's his first conviction. They nailed him on 20 offenses plus who knows how many they decided not to charge him with or they didn't know about.

(07-09-2014 10:59 AM)Old Dominion Wrote:  

(07-09-2014 10:49 AM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(07-09-2014 10:46 AM)Old Dominion Wrote:  

(07-09-2014 10:40 AM)bevotex Wrote:  

Quote:A jury convicted Nagin of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes -- money, free vacation trips and truckloads of free granite for his family business -- from businessmen who wanted work from the city or Nagin's support for various hurricane recovery projects.

Typical liberal scum

The nerve of those liberal scumbags stealing conservative scumbags hustle.

So what are you talking about?

Isn't it obvious to you? They are all scumbags. Our ex-gov is under indictment for taking gifts from a supporter who was under investigation by state ag. He's a republican.

So a questionable trumped up case that hasn't led to a conviction is the same as one where a 10-year sentence was handed down?

No, not obvious to me anyway.

(07-09-2014 12:00 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  Nagin hasn't held office in over 4 years...let him go hang out with Trey Radel and Michael Grimm

I think we have a separate wing in one of our jails for former governors of Illinois. Maybe he can join them.