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New Twist On Corruption: Bailiff Tampering

By Brian Tannebaum, Esq.

We've all heard of jury tampering, even bribery of judges. This though is a first for me - bailiff tampering, brought to us from Cincinnati via John Wesley Hall's Law of Criminal Defense Blog.From the story:Hoping to crack a federal drug case, investigators were listening in on telephone calls when they stumbled across a conversation that is sending shock waves through Hamilton County's judicial system.On that wiretap, federal officials heard what they believe was an attempt by convicted drug dealer Charles Johnson to buy his freedom by arranging a meeting with a court bailiff he hoped would fix his sentence.Johnson's case has investigators poring over thousands of court documents involving criminal cases before West over the last five years...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on January 04, 2009 (boomark / email).