Judge to release Libby sentencing letters.
By on May 31st, 2007 at 12:10 pm
Judge to release Libby sentencing letters.
Who wanted Scooter Libby to be given a lenient sentence? Now we’ll know. Judge Reggie Walton said today “he will release more than 150 letters he received regarding next week’s sentencing” of Libby, “who was convicted in March of perjury and obstruction in the CIA leak case, had asked that the letters not be released. Attorneys for several news organizations argued that the law required the letters be made public.” Emptywheel delves into Walton’s decision.
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No underlying crime.
Criminalization of politics.
Scooter was convicted for having a faulty memory.
Look over there! John Edwards is getting a haircut!
May 31st, 2007 at 12:26 pmDear Judge,
Please don’t put Scooter in jail.
Love,
-Chimpy McDouchecakes
May 31st, 2007 at 12:27 pm150 letters from a 150 members of the Libby defense fund.
May 31st, 2007 at 12:30 pmAs BushCo might say “If you’ve got nothing to hide, you shouldn’t mind us looking”.
May 31st, 2007 at 12:35 pmDear Scooter,
I’ll miss you. But, again, there is a chance someday, I can still be your ‘bitch in the big house’.
love,
turdblossom
xxooo
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May 31st, 2007 at 12:42 pmI’m sure the interesting thing will be the names NOT on the radar at the moment. That’s probably why the fuss. There will be some names from people who hold positions of power and influence, and the public will ask Why are you so interested in Scooter’s sentence? How do you figure into all this?
May 31st, 2007 at 12:51 pmI wonder if the judge will release my letter begging that Scooter be given the maximum possible sentence. I can only hope.
May 31st, 2007 at 12:58 pmAwesome.
Personally, I vote for Marty Peretz having written the most painfully obsequious trash. And would not put it past someone from Planet Wingnut having written something threatening.
May 31st, 2007 at 1:03 pmIs there any chance Bush won’t pardon him regardless of the sentence?
I don’t really mean this as a rhetorical question.
May 31st, 2007 at 1:04 pmI can’t wait to read these letters, well see who’s still falling for BushCo crap, and they should be hilarious to boot!
May 31st, 2007 at 1:20 pmSend Libby to a real prison and put him in the general population.
What he and the neocons did to our nation deserves much worse punishment that he will get.
May 31st, 2007 at 1:32 pmBush will pardon Libby and say that eveyone was out for vengeance, not justice.
May 31st, 2007 at 1:45 pmBush should pardon Libby and move on.
May 31st, 2007 at 2:31 pmFor the record,
TRAITOR Bush should ALSO be in jail with Libby.
Until they DIE and go to hell, where their MASTER
SATAN
is waiting their evil carcasses…
May 31st, 2007 at 2:45 pmMaybe the Scooter can cell bunk with Paris Hilton. Now that would be a VERY rough sentence, as he probably would come out with at least one major STD!
May 31st, 2007 at 3:59 pmSpeaking of sentences — would someone please, please clean up the sentence structure in this post? That second quote (“who was convicted…” etc.) reads like it was driven into place with a large hammer.
May 31st, 2007 at 4:01 pm