From Raw Story:
Former RNC director convicted in phone jamming case gets off without penalty
“The Republican National Committee employee convicted of a plot to jam the phone banks of Democratic get-out-the-vote efforts in New Hampshire in 2002 has escaped penalty in his case, after a federal judge ruled that new charges against him could not be brought.
The latest charges against James Tobin, whose at least $722,000 dollars in legal fees were paid for by the Republican National Committee, were nixed by a federal judge on Thursday.”
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“But after his 2005 conviction, Tobin found himself legally absolved after the First Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the ruling in his case, finding that the telephone harassment statute under he was convicted “was not a good fit for what [he] had been convicted of doing.”"
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Wow. I can’t help but wonder if this judge had his palms greased when he made this decision.
Posted by Vixen as News at 10:46 PM CST