Appeals Court Refuses to Remove Judge from Siegelman, Scrushy Sentencing
A federal appeals court has refused to order U.S. District Judge Mark Fuller to step down from presiding over the sentencing hearing for former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman and former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy, according to the AP.
The ruling was issued less than a week before Fuller is scheduled to sentence Siegelman and Scrushy at a hearing next Tuesday at the federal courthouse in Montgomery. Scrushy's attorneys argued that Fuller has a conflict because he owns stock in a south Alabama company that has a contract with the FBI, and more, as explained in the series below....