Apr 10, 2007

Why Only Democrats on Biskupic/Thompson Letter

by Michael Leon

The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary sent a letter to Attorney Gonzalez asking for documents concerning the investigation and prosecution of the wrongfully convicted Georgia Thompson.

The prosecution is widely seen through a partisan lens, drawing democratic criticism of Stephen Biskupic, the United States Attorney based in Milwaukee, whose case was thrown out of a federal appeals court with an opinion that the evidence for the prosecution was “beyond thin.”

So, why is the Committee letter only signed by democrats?

Even Biskupic has said he welcomes an inquiry into the matter.

The lack of Republican cooperation makes their party look more interested in a cover-up than a rendering of facts.

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