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Perspective

Mar. 14, 2014

Selectiveness in residency prosecutions?

In Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist," Mr. Bumble proclaims, "The law is an ass." Jackass, he meant. By Robert S. Henry


By Robert S. Henry


In Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist," Mr. Bumble proclaims, "The law is an ass." Jackass, he meant.


Agree or disagree, his observation could not be more appropriate than it is in the matter of the tangled and contradictory laws that recently led to the conviction of state Sen. Rod Wright on eight felony counts of fraud and perjury.


Wright was convicted of registering to vote and voting at an address a...

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