Judge Who Sentenced AL Gov. Don Siegelman---Accused of Assaulting Wife & Is Urged to Resign

[kpete]

Judge Mark E. Fuller, right, accused of hitting his wife, appeared in Fulton County Court in Atlanta in early September. Credit Brant Sanderlin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, via Associated Press



.......a federal judge in Alabama on Thursday faced abrupt and potent pressure to resign after he was charged with striking his wife last month at a luxury hotel here.

Although District Court Judge Mark E. Fuller of the Middle District of Alabama was arrested and charged with battery in early August, it was only this week that several of his state’s top political figures demanded in rapid succession that he leave the bench.

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Within days of the arrest, the appeals court decided that Judge Fuller would not be assigned new cases while his was pending, and that other judges would assume his caseload.

Judge Fuller is not an obscure name in legal circles, having come under significant criticism for his handling of the trial and sentencing of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman in 2006. Mr. Siegelman, a Democrat, was convicted on seven counts, including bribery and mail fraud, in a case that many saw as politically motivated. That history, lawyers said, could be adding to the uproar Judge Fuller faces.




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[N.Y. to Paris]

1. Yo!

Maybe we could see to it.... dat dis prick, switches places with Siegelman......
you want I should make another phone call?

[Maynar]

2. Dat would be a good ting

And pass da cannoli, ya?

[indepat]

3. So the Judge who mugged Siegleman has reportedly assaulted his wife. Some swell fella, eh?

[sabrina 1]

4. This fool should be going to jail for what he did to Siegelman and hopefully one day he will.

What is wrong with Democrats that they are doing NOTHING to right that terrible wrong? IF what happened to Siegelman had happened to a Republican, they would not stop until they got him out and got the judge arrested and charged with a crime.

See what happened to Sen. Stevens of Alaska. He too was convicted of corruption, the case was appealed and the DOJ, THIS DOJ overturned that conviction based on problems during the trial.

So a Dem DOJ overturns the conviction of a Republican, but refuses to review the case of a Democrat for the same reasons.