Repug Ex-Senator ordered back to jail

[Ian David]

Ex-N.Y. State Senator Ordered Back to Jail
Mon Dec 20, 9:53 PM ET

By SAMUEL MAULL, Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK - A former state senator released after serving about three months of a one-year sentence in a bribery scheme must return to jail, an appeals court ruled Monday.

A five-judge panel of the State Supreme Court's Appellate Division unanimously upheld a lower court ruling that Guy Velella, a powerful Republican politician for almost 30 years, must return to jail Dec. 27.

The controversy over Velella's release started after the Department of Investigation and the Manhattan district attorney began an inquiry into possible criminal wrongdoing in the commission's granting him early freedom.

Last month the department issued a report stating the city agency had violated state law and its own rules in voting to release Velella and the others.
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[ooglymoogly]

1. can anyone imagine a dem. such as martha stewart

getting out of jail, after 3 mo. even though the charges were bogus. our court system is no longer blind. "every body knows the dice are loaded...everybody knows the game is lost" thats from a song.