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<blockquote data-quote="Bubblehead" data-source="post: 1652008" data-attributes="member: 14176">The prosecution--and persecution--of Ron Carey has been an ugly affair. -This is not to say that an innocent man has been framed. But Carey has been dealt the equivalent of a career death sentence in procedures short on due process and on the basis of underwhelming evidence that he participated in the wrongdoing. Moreover, the Teamsters essentially have been stripped of their president in a less-than-democratic fashion.I wonder if BUG, or anybody else actually read the article beyond the opening byline?I did, and it really lends little clarity to the ancient accounts of Ron Carey&#039;s demise.The article lays out a lot of facts and figures, then repeatedly asserts that the burden of proof was never really satisfied?This article was a good read, thanks BUG.<a href="http://www.thenation.com/article/prosecution-and-persecution-ron-carey" target="_blank">http://www.thenation.com/article/prosecution-and-persecution-ron-carey</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bubblehead, post: 1652008, member: 14176"] [B][I][SIZE=4]The prosecution--and persecution--of Ron Carey has been an ugly affair.[/SIZE][/I][/B] -[I]This is not to say that an innocent man has been framed. But Carey has been dealt the equivalent of a career death sentence in procedures short on due process and on the basis of underwhelming evidence that he participated in the wrongdoing. Moreover, the Teamsters essentially have been stripped of their president in a less-than-democratic fashion.[/I] I wonder if BUG, or anybody else actually read the article beyond the opening byline? I did, and it really lends little clarity to the ancient accounts of Ron Carey's demise. The article lays out a lot of facts and figures, then repeatedly asserts that the burden of proof was never really satisfied? This article was a good read, thanks BUG. [URL]http://www.thenation.com/article/prosecution-and-persecution-ron-carey[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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