Blagojevich Wants Guilty Verdict Thrown Out
Rod R. Blagojevich, the former governor of Illinois, wants a federal judge to throw out his conviction for lying to federal agents, the single count the jury found him guilty of in August.
“The very manner in which prosecutors brought this case to trial before the court was dishonest, improper and constituted ‘judge shopping,’ ” the motion said. “It kick-started the prosecutors’ win-at-any-cost tactics.”
Of course, if you’re convicted, it must be because the jury of your peers doesn’t know what it’s doing.
“Oh, okay, it’s fine. The jury must have been confused. How could you be guilty of anything. We should really get some smarter jurors. Ones who can see through the prosecution’s evil plots.”
