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Doonesbury Say What?
Jan. 30th, 2009 06:54 am"I did a lot of things that were mostly right."
-- Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, making a last-minute plea to senators before being removed from office
Now, I'm not defending His Hairness, but he made one very salient point yesterday in his speech: he has not been convicted of a crime. But it must be added, in capital letters, YET. At this point he is still only accused of multiple felony counts, he has not yet been tried in a court of law. Likewise, in the case of Ken Lay, the former CEO of Enron, who was convicted of multiple counts but died of a heart attack before the appeals process could be carried out, had the conviction vacated after his death and thus technically was not found guilty of what he did.
Presumption of innocence is a very important component of our country. Sadly, even for slimeballs like Blago and Lay.
-- Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, making a last-minute plea to senators before being removed from office
Now, I'm not defending His Hairness, but he made one very salient point yesterday in his speech: he has not been convicted of a crime. But it must be added, in capital letters, YET. At this point he is still only accused of multiple felony counts, he has not yet been tried in a court of law. Likewise, in the case of Ken Lay, the former CEO of Enron, who was convicted of multiple counts but died of a heart attack before the appeals process could be carried out, had the conviction vacated after his death and thus technically was not found guilty of what he did.
Presumption of innocence is a very important component of our country. Sadly, even for slimeballs like Blago and Lay.
