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Councilor Turner convicted on all counts in corruption case
Boston.com ^ | Oct 29, 2010 | Jonathan Saltzman

Posted on 10/29/2010 1:03:22 PM PDT by Sparky1776

Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner was convicted today in a federal court in Boston on charges that he pocketed a $1,000 bribe in his district office in 2007 and later lied about it to federal agents who were interviewing him.

A US District Court jury delivered its verdict this afternoon, just a few hours into its first full day of deliberations, finding Turner guilty of attempted extortion and providing false statements to FBI agents.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: agents; boston; bribe; chucksuperflyturner; chuckturner; convicted; corruption; councilor; counts; fbi; federal; lied
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To: agere_contra

He was likely getting a thousand bucks a day and more on a pretty regular schedule.

The most interesting aspect of the entire episode is the absolute stupidity of the man.

He was caught red handed and he had no place else to go.

Take it to Court and roll the dice for that one in a million chance that some Juror will stymie the process.

Not!


21 posted on 10/29/2010 2:15:14 PM PDT by Radix ("..Democrats are holding a meeting today to decide whether to overturn the results of the election.")
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To: icwhatudo

Party affiliation not mentioned anywhere in the entire article (imagine that). According to Wiki Councilor Turner is a member of the Green-Rainbow Party Massachusetts affiliate of the national Green Party. I guess he had a weakness for the green stuff all right.


22 posted on 10/29/2010 2:37:10 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius, (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: mwilli20

Moakley was another 30+ year career machine politician who only left office because he died.


23 posted on 10/29/2010 2:48:45 PM PDT by Sparky1776
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To: cdnerds

I think you’re right!


24 posted on 10/29/2010 2:49:24 PM PDT by Sparky1776
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To: Sparky1776

He deserves jail time for his 2004 news conference where he displayed photos purported to be of US solders raping Iraqi women. Of course the photos were a hoax, but the Boston Globe covered Turner’s conference.

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2004/05/14/a_series_of_errors_on_lewd_images/


25 posted on 10/29/2010 4:53:56 PM PDT by LibFreeOrDie (Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)
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To: Sparky1776
What was he thinking? This is how it's done...
pic of Wilkerson
http://bostonist.com/attachments/rickbang/wilkerson.jpg

and still no conviction (thanks Martha Coakley)

26 posted on 10/29/2010 4:56:46 PM PDT by small farm girl
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To: Lovely-Day-For-A-Guinness

*chuckle*


27 posted on 10/29/2010 6:07:34 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Not under the influence of Hope-nosis.)
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To: agere_contra

His Lawyer stated in closing arguments that Turner only kept 200.00 dollars and the guy who bribed him kept the other 800.00. With a defense attorney like that who needs a prosecutor.


28 posted on 10/29/2010 7:50:02 PM PDT by Rekless01
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To: LibFreeOrDie

The Globe reputedly lost over 3,000 subscribers (including me) due to that stunt. The reporterette told her editor that she did not think the photos were authentic, but he went ahead and published clearly indecent photos in early editions. The Globe, imho, acted with actual malice.

I had been pretty much fed up with the Globe for years, but that incident made me shake off my lethargy.


29 posted on 10/30/2010 11:43:23 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (If not Boston, then Texas. Go Rangers!)
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