Prosecutors Abandon Siegelman, Scrushy Sentence Length Cross-Appeal

The heat from the OPR and congressional investigations into the Siegelman/Scrushy case may be having some effect. The puppets prosecutors who were appealing the 88 month prison sentence for former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman and the 82 month sentence for former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy as too lenient have suddenly decided to drop their cross-appeal. The motion filed with the Eleventh Circuit earlier this week gives no expanation, simply saying “the government has elected not to proceed with its cross-appeal as to either defendant.” Unfortunately, they will still be opposing the defendants’ appeals (AP). Scott Horton at Harper’s has an overview of recent events in the case here.