While I disagree with what Bosworth did, I do support the decision in dropping the perjury charges.

I was often baffled how she could be charged with both. She either lied about the documents or she filed false documents. As I watched the court proceedings it seemed obvious to me she was definitely guilty of the false documents charge, but I wasn’t sure she committed perjury.

The ironic part is that the crime she is charged with happens all the time, probably not to the extent of the circulator being out of the country, but I have seen petitioners circulate petitions at events and just let them go from table to table on their own without witnessing every signature, which is very similar to what she did.

I also think while she really screwed up on this and is guilty, I don’t think the charges are serious enough for her to lose her medical license. I guess we will see what the medical board decides.

 

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UPDATED, revised. After the verdict was read and people left the courtroom the KELO camera man approached the bench to basically ask the judge if it was okay to tear down the equipment. The judge says to him, “Well tried. Good Attorneys that did a good job.” The cameraman mumbles something about someone ‘accurately predicting’ the verdict. (You mean the jury interpreting the law correctly – what a surprise! In Hughes County of all places!) and saying “I haven’t seen anything like that in 30 years.” then the cameraman said, “Ben Dunsmoor has followed a lot of court cases, and he felt she was going to be found guilty after taking the stand.” Then they muttled back and forth about Bosworth taking the stand, and the Judge said something about how he would have not advised her to take the stand and whispered something about, “If I would have thought . . .”

Hey, cameraman, of 30 years, first things first, SHUT OFF YOUR CAMERA, then go bullshit with the judge about the case. Livestream just doesn’t shut off automatically after everyone leaves the room.

A fitting end to this freaking circus.

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Heck, I don’t know, is stupidity a crime? If so, there would be a lot of people in jail. I was (un)fortunate enough to watch most of the trial this week.

What I could gather was she pretty much admitted that she signed petitions she was not the circulator of (which in turn would make her guilty of the crime) but she blames her then attorney Joel Arends.

Not sure what the jury will decide.

I will say this though, it has been entertaining. The witnesses were a large group of Republicans blaming each other for their problems (which is fun to watch, because they all show what a large group of gutless souls they are).

Things I have learned;

The key witness, a child stalking, atheist, communist, liberal blogger (not my words) was never called to the stand even though his name was mentioned more then anyone else, and the trial has proceeded because of his challenge. Kind of a badge of honor for Cory.

Hutterites don’t know much about politics, but they know how to pray, cook food, float about and forge signatures.

I guess a two-time felon and key player in the Jack Abramhoff scandal seemed like a good witness to the prosecution (LMFAO)!

Attorneys may be good at covering your ass, but they are even better at covering their own.

Starbucks Baristas in Sioux Falls seem to know more about the politics of Ann ‘B’ then the rest of us.

But one of the last witnesses in the trial really took the cake. The defense called criminal attorney and all around fashionable pastel tie man, Jeff Beck. Jeff admitted on cross examination that he was ‘fired’ from the SFPD after getting a demotion for ‘moral turpitude’ which really means he shouldn’t be practicing law;

The classification of a crime or other conduct as constituting moral turpitude has significance in several areas of law. First, prior conviction of a crime of moral turpitude (or in some jurisdictions, “moral turpitude conduct”, even without a conviction) is considered to have a bearing on the honesty of a witness and might be used for purposes of the impeachment of witnesses.[4] Second, offenses involving moral turpitude may be grounds to deny or revoke state professional licenses such as teaching credentials,[5] licenses to practice law,[6] or other licensed profession. Third, this concept is of great importance for immigration purposes in the United States, Canada, and some other countries, since offenses which are defined as involving moral turpitude are considered bars to immigration into the U.S.[7]

This trial has been anything but boring. The hammer comes down on Wednesday, and then Stormland TV can go back to scaring old people about a chance of rain and praising our mayor.