Siegelman’s Conviction Upheld

Although with a couple completely evidence-free convictions overturned, and the main verdict upheld essentially because of extreme deference to the jury. The real problem here is the vagueness of the underlying law, which permitted a conviction on exceedingly thin inferential evidence. I agree with Lizardbreath that this seems like a good pardon candidate on the legal merits, although politically, I’m not so sure…