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Stealing our democracy : how the political assassination of a governor threatens our nation /

In a searing political memoir, former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman explodes the myth of an impartial U.S. justice system. He should know. Arguably the most successful and promising politician in modern Alabama history, his three-decade career in public service ran afoul of Republican opponents who...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Siegelmann, Don (Autor)
Otros Autores: Farmer, John J. (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montgomery, AL : NewSouth Books, [2020]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Prologue
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Judgment Day
  • 2. Locked Away
  • 3. Early Years, Values Learned
  • 4. Public School Education
  • 5. College, A Political Education
  • 6. Working for Peace
  • 7. Back to Bama
  • 8. Shaking Things up as Secretary of State
  • 9. A Life-Changing Tragedy
  • 10. Baby Girl Sets Priorities
  • 11. Using Power for Public Good
  • 12. A Race to the Top
  • 13. Close Encounters with Rove and Canary
  • 14. Beating Rove, Canary, and Abramoff
  • 15. Clinton, George W. Bush, and Al Gore
  • 16. My Inauguration and GOP Consternation
  • 17. Taking on Another Fight
  • 18. A Bribe or Political Contribution?
  • 19. Christian Coalition Takes Casino Cash
  • 20. Making Changes
  • 21. A Motorcycle Morphs into Crime
  • 22. Terrorists Attack America
  • 23. Rove's Forces & Friends Plan Attack
  • 24. Dodging an NRA Bullet
  • 25. Rove Pulls Out His Big Gun
  • 26. Rove's Fingerprints on Stolen Election
  • 27. Jeff Sessions Rewards Ballot Thief
  • 28. Rove and Pryor at the Bush White House
  • 29. Rove Republicans Suck Wind
  • 30. It Begins! A Political Prosecution
  • 31. The First Indictment
  • 32. Prosecutors' Misconduct
  • 33. Back to Campaigning
  • 34. A Scramble for a Second Indictment
  • 35. A Vengeful Judge with a Grudge
  • 36. The Tortuous Trial
  • 37. The Judge Closes in on Us
  • 38. Pressure to Withdraw from the Race
  • 39. Witness Lies
  • 40. Sessions and Pryor Accused of Crimes
  • 41. Judge Instructs Jury for Conviction
  • 42. Judge Roy Moore
  • 43. The Judge and Jury's Verdict
  • 44. Congress to the Rescue
  • 45. Juror Misconduct Exposed
  • 46. More Juror Misconduct
  • 47. First Republican Whistleblower
  • 48. Preparing to Be Sentenced
  • 49. My Sentencing Circus
  • 50. Prison, a Political Gag Order
  • 51. Judge Fuller's Conflicts Exposed
  • 52. Working for Freedom
  • 53. Prison Life in Louisiana
  • 54. Waiting in Prison
  • 55. National Media and Congress
  • 56. CBS 60 Minutes Moves Mountains
  • 57. Going Home
  • 58. Meeting My Warriors
  • 59. DOJ's One-Sided Investigation
  • 60. Rove Prosecutors Attack Doyle
  • 61. Barack Hussein Obama Elected
  • 62. Legal Appeal Begins
  • 63. The Judge Gets His Pound of Flesh
  • 64. Thirty Days of Freedom to Fight
  • 65. A 'Hail Mary' Pardon Pass
  • 66. Back to Prison
  • 67. Prison ... Again
  • 68. From Solitary Confinement to Camp
  • 69. White House Counsel as My Advocate
  • 70. Inmate Stories
  • 71. Prison Guard Cruelty, Saving Leroy
  • 72. Saving Inmate Garcia
  • 73. Government Witness Confesses Lies
  • 74. My Judge's Sex, Drugs, Domestic Violence
  • 75. Greg Craig's Quest for Justice
  • 76. My Prison Administrative Assistant
  • 77. Warning Senators Menendez & Shelby
  • 78. Congress Talks of Justice Reform
  • 79. Freedom of Speech Suspended
  • 80. Trump: Southern White Boy's Candidate
  • 81. My End Date Approaches
  • 82. Going Home
  • 83. In Search of Justice
  • Epilogue
  • Notes