The Abramoff Precedent Must Be Worrying Sleazy Levy
Jack Abramoff, the Republican lobbyist at the centre of a Washington corruption scandal, was sentenced to five years and 10 months in prison yesterday.Just goes to show that no matter how close to the powerful you are, no matter how well connected you are, the criminal justice system can't be spun as easily as newspaper headlines.
How long before we see Levy do the "perp walk"?
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I doubt it...............the US is much harsher on white collar crime than the British.
Be interesting to see how the Italians are with husbands of Cabinet Ministers
Government officials in favour of bribery and corruption.
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I agree with rick
We have two different approaches to crime.
Lord Levy can take comfort that in British Justice, having a Lordship is a kind of "get out of jail free" card. Not even Lord Lucan was found guilty in a court (okay he never made it to court), and Lord Archer was the first Lord to be sent down to jail.
Expect Hutton Mk 2 ...
I thought Lord Watson of Invergowrie is doing some quality time in Barlinnie for his pyromania?
A firestarter in Barlinnie? Wasn't that the place the cons climbed on the roof and set fire to it a couple of years ago? What were the Prison Service.... Sorry, I'll read that again. What were the National Offender Managment Service thinking?
RM
I thought Lord Watson of Invergowrie
Well he tried really hard to draw attention to himself as a repeat offender.......I don't think Lord Levy acted it out for the CCTV cameras though
Guido
I think I am beginning to detect a pattern here.
Every few days you run a story on Levy which is shall we say somewhat content lite.
There could be several reasons. Perhaps you just don't like the guy and want to get in a few cheap shots. But that is not consistent with the rest of the blog. Maybe then you know something (but presumably cannot substantiate it at present) about this man. I await developments with great interest.
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