Friday's Brain: Feel the Corruption!
FBI calls on jurors after mistrial US Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan indicted Pennsylvania county coroner Cyril Wecht on corruption charges stemming from his illegal use of government equipment and expenses for his private practice. Yesterday, the judge declared a mistrial as the jury said it was permanently hung.
But, Wecht is a prominent Democrat, and Buchanan keeps her job "at the pleasure of the President." Remember all those US attorneys who were fired? What part of their soul did the survivors sell to keep their jobs?
The judge issued an unenforcable order requiring jurors not to talk about deliberations, and now the FBI has called on two of the jurors. Although Buchanan has described this as "routine," other attorneys call it "bizarre" and "unusual." The defense describes this as an attempt to intimidate the next jury, as prosecutors immediately refiled.
The first trial is estimated to have cost taxpayers $240,000. The total amount Wecht is accused of stearing misusing amounts to little over $2000. In a sane universe, Wecht's actions would be grounds for an ethics violation complaint, not a corruption investigation and trial.
Jellyfish, not Sponge, likely "first animal." Well, the intelligent design people are gonna get a huge boost out of this. At the root of the bush of life used to be the sea sponge, but genetic analysis reveals that the comb jellyfish may have come first. Expect the first, "See? Science can't get anything right!" messages out of the ID Factory any second now.
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But, Wecht is a prominent Democrat, and Buchanan keeps her job "at the pleasure of the President." Remember all those US attorneys who were fired? What part of their soul did the survivors sell to keep their jobs?
The judge issued an unenforcable order requiring jurors not to talk about deliberations, and now the FBI has called on two of the jurors. Although Buchanan has described this as "routine," other attorneys call it "bizarre" and "unusual." The defense describes this as an attempt to intimidate the next jury, as prosecutors immediately refiled.
The first trial is estimated to have cost taxpayers $240,000. The total amount Wecht is accused of stearing misusing amounts to little over $2000. In a sane universe, Wecht's actions would be grounds for an ethics violation complaint, not a corruption investigation and trial.
Jellyfish, not Sponge, likely "first animal." Well, the intelligent design people are gonna get a huge boost out of this. At the root of the bush of life used to be the sea sponge, but genetic analysis reveals that the comb jellyfish may have come first. Expect the first, "See? Science can't get anything right!" messages out of the ID Factory any second now.
Thirteen things to avoid when trying to modify a habit