tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post3441880494225023765..comments2024-03-13T14:53:25.892-05:00Comments on Advance Indiana™: Jim Crow Is Dead, Get Over ItGary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-66447013920380986672013-06-25T21:37:32.183-05:002013-06-25T21:37:32.183-05:00In reviewing recent published convictions....many ...In reviewing recent published convictions....many posted on AI, I don't think ANYONE can disagree with the finding! <br /><br />**<br /><br />The Blaze reports recently: <br /><br />A 'Culture of Corruption’: <b>Four Indiana Democrats Found Guilty of Petition Fraud</b><br />Jun. 18, 2013 7:30pm Becket Adams <br /><br />Four Democrats in South Bend, Ind., were sentenced Monday in a petition fraud case dating back to the 2008 primary election, ABC 57 reports.<br /><br />The four were found guilty of <b>forging petition signatures to ensure that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton made it onto the state’s primary ballot.</b> The fraud wasn’t uncovered for nearly three years.<br /><br />Tuesday, May 28, 2013<br />Democratic Poll Worker In Hamilton County, Ohio Pleads Guilty To Casting Multiple Illegal Absentee Ballots <br /><br />A Madisonville, Ohio Democratic poll worker gained national attention after prosecutors charged her with casting multiple absentee ballots for family members and she candidly and proudly admitted she had done so when questioned by reporters in order to help Obama win re-election. <br /><br />Wednesday, May 01, 2013<br />Democrat Mike Marshall Sentenced To Jail Time For Absentee Vote Fraud Racket <br /><br />Former Democratic State Rep. Mike Marshall operated one of the biggest absentee vote fraud rackets in Indiana history. His ability to deliver votes in Southern Indiana made him a political star in Indiana Democratic Party circles. Today, Jennings Co. Circuit Court Judge Jon Webster sentenced the 60-year old Marshall to 18 months in prison with nine months of his sentence suspended. <br /><br />Gary City Council Member Agrees To Plead Guilty To Federal Tax Evasion Charges <br /><br />Gary city councilwoman Marilyn Krusas has admitted that she failed to file a federal income tax return since 1991, or to pay taxes on more than $232,000 in money she inherited, according to federal prosecutors. Under a plea agreement Krusas reached with federal prosecutors reported by the Northwest Indiana Times, she will admit to failing to pay between $80,000 and $200,000 in federal income taxes. If the federal judge in the case accepts her guilty plea to one felony charge of income tax evasion, she will be forced to forfeit her seat on the council, which she has held since 2000.<br /><br />Sunday, April 21, 2013<br />Hammond Council Member Enters Guilty Plea On Bribery Charges <br /><br />Six months after Hammond city council member Al Salinas was indicted by federal authorities in the northern district of Indiana for accepting money from a tree-trimming contractor in exchange for routing $310,000 in local gaming revenues to the company, he has agreed to plead guilty to two of the charges according to the Northwest Indiana Times. Nonetheless, he plans to hold on to his office as long as the law legally allows him to keep it. <br /><br />Rep. Mel Reynolds (D-IL) was indicted for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old campaign volunteer in August 1994. Instead of demanding his resignation, Democrats rallied to his defense and played the race card and the "nuts and sluts" defense ala Bill Clinton. "Deny, deny, deny. Attack, attack attack." That's the Democratic mantra when one of their own is accused of wrongdoing.<br /><br />Reynolds was inexplicably re-elected by the voters of his district. The following August he was convicted on 12 counts of sexual assault, obstruction of justice and solicitation of child pornography. He waited another three months after his conviction before he resigned. While he was in prison, he was convicted on other crimes for bank fraud. And for being such a nice guy, President Bill Clinton rewarded him on his way out of office by commuting his sentence to time-served. <br /> CircleCityScribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12691157547732269477noreply@blogger.com