Posted on 10/08/2013 1:11:56 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
.....In arguing for a lighter punishment, Freeman's attorneys said their client had devoted much of his life to helping others and caring for his family. Prosecutors responded to that portrayal by pointing to a slew of wrongdoing Freeman is accused of having committed — including bigamy and having sexual affairs with union staff members — beyond the offenses for which he was convicted in January.
....Until his fall from grace, Freeman represented about 190,000 home-care workers in the SEIU chapter and an affiliated local, whose members made as little as $9 an hour. He wielded significant clout in Los Angeles, Sacramento and Washington, D.C., because he commanded deep sources of campaign money and foot soldiers. The SEIU's leadership was grooming him for a larger role in the union's national operations just as the scandal broke.
He was indicted last year on charges of embezzling from the union and using some of the stolen money to cover costs from his Hawaiian wedding to Planells. Other charges were mail fraud, violation of tax laws and giving false information to a mortgage lender......
On Monday, the judge said her sentencing decision was "difficult" because Freeman overcame a harsh childhood to achieve impressive accomplishments as a labor leader at a young age......
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Having seen some of those "females", they look more like cattle, and angry cattle at that.
Gee, mighty white of him!
I Tim 5:8 "But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel."
So his lawyer suggests he should get a lighter sentence for merely doing his minimum duty to his family, while he was doing both his family and others dirty? Oh, BTW, Mr/ Defense Lawyer, WHICH family was he caring for, since he was bigamist?
More interesting still than this crook’s problems are the articles on the same page of the LA Times relating to the crooks that ran Bell, CA. The former city manager has pleaded no contest to 69 felony counts and is facing 12 years in jail.
“including bigamy and having sexual affairs “
This man could be Obama’s father if he had one!!!
Good to see anything SEIU get taken down
This union is the worst....biggest supporter of Illegal Alien Amnesty....and the union of choice for the Free Trade Commie crowd....who loves their Open Borders agenda
“members made as little as $9 an hour”
These stupid union members are being used by the thugs in control. Of course, pictures of the SEIU members that I’ve seen prove they are stupid. What good is a union if the worker can only get $9 an hour. You can get that at a McDonalds.
Add “castration with a dull spoon” and I might be satisfied with this sentence.
“In arguing for a lighter punishment, Freeman’s attorneys said their client had devoted much of his life to helping others and caring for his family.”
Isn’t this just like murdering your father and mother then asking for lieniency because your an orphan?
You never leave the mob once you are in the group.
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