VINDICATED!! Appeals Court Overturns and Acquits Tom DeLay's Bogus Conviction

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Texas court overturns Tom DeLay's money laundering conviction

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press
Published: 19 September 2013 10:11 AM
Updated: 19 September 2013 01:08 PM

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas appeals court tossed the criminal conviction of former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on Thursday, saying there was insufficient evidence for a jury in 2010 to have found him guilty of illegally funneling money to Republican candidates.

DeLay was found guilty of money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering for helping illegally funnel corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002. He was sentenced to three years in prison, but his sentence was on hold while his case made its way through the appellate process.

The Texas 3rd Court of Appeals said the evidence was “legally insufficient,” and in a 2-1 ruling decided to “reverse the judgments of the trial court and render judgments of acquittal.”
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Tom DeLay Conviction - Virtually No Credibility

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DeLay's sentence: Ripe for appeal

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Back in November, we editorialized that to get a better idea of how credible is the conviction of Tom DeLay, "look to the sentencing phase." Well, the sentence has been rendered and it's easy to see that the conviction has virtually no credibility.


Mr. DeLay, 63, the once-powerful Republican House minority leader, was sentenced to three years in prison by a Texas judge on Monday. DeLay could have been sentenced to as much as 99 years or to as little as probation. He was convicted last year on money laundering and conspiracy to launder -- stretching fallback charges when the Democrat prosecution couldn't get spurious campaign-finance charges to stick.
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