Sylvia Minor, the wife of imprisoned Mississippi attorney Paul Minor, passed away last night at her mother’s home in Baton Rouge, LA after a three-year battle with breast cancer that had spread to her brain and lungs. Her husband, whose case has drawn national attention because of alleged political prosecution, was informed in prison this afternoon.
Minor was recently granted three hours to visit with his wife but was denied a furlough at the urging of the Justice Department. Ms. Minor was not lucid during his visit.
Minor was convicted in 2007 on charges of having bribed state judges and was sentenced to a term of eleven years in federal prison. Both his conviction and his recent failure to obtain a release or furlough have been called into question as stemming from the politicization of the Department of Justice and the federal judiciary under the Bush administration.
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1 comment:
No do over with this one. It's sad and many will have to live with there decision. It reminds me of the Football player who wanted to say good by to his Mother-in-Law as the Officer stopped him and used up the time. So many people don't get that last chance to say good by, let's hope God corrects that one.
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