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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowrider" data-source="post: 1376739" data-attributes="member: 3099">I understand this.&nbsp; But here&#039;s how I&#039;m looking at it.&nbsp; Bear in mind I haven&#039;t been following the case so I don&#039;t know any details.But solely from the article you posted I cherry picked those quotes, trying to keep them in context and complete.&nbsp; Now what I get from reading that article, is that I know that Delay is a former Speaker of the House.&nbsp; So he ain&#039;t going to be having some flunky representing him.&nbsp; The lawyer is assumed by me to know the laws very well that his client is accused of breaking.&nbsp; The lawyer states that these transactions were legal.&nbsp; I am assuming that Delay&#039;s lawyer made this known in the course of the trial.&nbsp; So assuming this, I have to question the judge, jury, jury instruction, whether exculpatory evidence/testimony was not allowed in front of the jury, etc.&nbsp; Did the jury know the law? Did they ask any questions?&nbsp; If so, did they get answers or did the judge just tell them they aren&#039;t getting an answer like that other case the other day? Something&#039;s fishy.Personally, if he did break a law I say send him on up.&nbsp; But this just feels like a classic case of persecution for political payback.&nbsp; We all know he made tons of political enemies during his time as Speaker.And like others have posted, why does he face life in prison while we have the IRS giving Geitner and almost all of Obama&#039;s cabinet a pass?&nbsp; Then there&#039;s Rangle, Frank, Waters and others still serving.&nbsp; I Don&#039;t believe for a second that we will be seeing any criminal charges.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shadowrider, post: 1376739, member: 3099"] I understand this. But here's how I'm looking at it. Bear in mind I haven't been following the case so I don't know any details. But solely from the article you posted I cherry picked those quotes, trying to keep them in context and complete. Now what I get from reading that article, is that I know that Delay is a former Speaker of the House. So he ain't going to be having some flunky representing him. The lawyer is assumed by me to know the laws very well that his client is accused of breaking. The lawyer states that these transactions were legal. I am assuming that Delay's lawyer made this known in the course of the trial. So assuming this, I have to question the judge, jury, jury instruction, whether exculpatory evidence/testimony was not allowed in front of the jury, etc. Did the jury know the law? Did they ask any questions? If so, did they get answers or did the judge just tell them they aren't getting an answer like that other case the other day? Something's fishy. Personally, if he did break a law I say send him on up. But this just feels like a classic case of persecution for political payback. We all know he made tons of political enemies during his time as Speaker. And like others have posted, why does he face life in prison while we have the IRS giving Geitner and almost all of Obama's cabinet a pass? Then there's Rangle, Frank, Waters and others still serving. I Don't believe for a second that we will be seeing any criminal charges. [/QUOTE]

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