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June 1, 2008 at 14:53:50

Will This Corrupt U.S. Attorney Eat Her Words?

by Roger Shuler Page 1 of 1 page(s)

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Here's a Practitioner of Political Prosecution

Alice Martin, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, is prone to make high-minded statements about the fairness and thoroughness with which her office conducts its affair.

But respected observers, such as Scott Horton of Harper's Magazine, have called Martin one of the primary practitioners of political prosecution in the country. She was the first prosecutor to go after former Democratic Alabama Governor Don Siegelman. And she has gone after a host of state legislators, all Democrats, in an investigation of Alabama's two-year colleges system.

Is Alice Martin the high-minded public servant she claims to be? Or is she just a political hack, who is willing to do pretty much whatever the corrupt Bush Justice Department wants her to do--in the name of gaining a political advantage for Republicans?

The folks at Legal Schnauzer have had a most interesting personal interaction with Alice Martin. And they are about to show us that Alice Martin is a political hack of the worst kind.

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www.legalschnauzer.blogspot.com

I live in Birmingham, Alabama, and work in higher education. I became interested in justice-related issues after experiencing gross judicial corruption in Alabama state courts. This corruption has a strong political component. The corrupt judges are all Republicans, and the attorney who filed a fraudulent lawsuit against me has strong family ties to the Alabama Republican Party, with indirect connections to national figures such as Karl Rove. In fact, a number of Republican operatives who have played a central role in the prosecution of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman (a Democrat) also have connections to my case. I am married, with no kids and two Siamese cats. I am the author of the blog Legal Schnauzer. The blog is written in honor of Murphy, our miniature schnauzer (1993-2004)who did so much to help my wife and me survive our nightmarish experience with corrupt judges. I grew up in Springfield, Missouri, and I am pretty much a lifelong St. Louis Cardinal baseball fan. I've lived in Birmingham for almost 30 years and have adopted the UAB Blazers as my Southern college football and basketball team to follow. Also, follow East Tennessee State basketball. An avid reader, both fiction and non-fiction. Influential writers on public affairs are Kevin Phillips, Michael Lind, Thomas Edsall, E.J. Dionne, Molly Ivins, and Scott Horton.