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Government

Jun. 15, 2011

Not All Political Lies Are Crimes

Is prosecuting politicians who have been less than candid going too far? By Steve Berenson of Thomas Jefferson School of Law


By happenstance, criminal cases involving two high profile politicians shared national headlines in the same week recently. On June 2, the prosecution began its much anticipated cross-examination of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich in the retrial of charges that the then-governor solicited illicit benefits in exchange for an appointment to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama when the latter was elected president. Later that day, word leaked that former North C...

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