Saturday, March 20, 2010
Clay County Vote Fraud Trial Ends
KENTUCKY...
Testimony has ended in the trial of eight prominent Clay County residents accused of vote fraud. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported Friday that prosecution and defense attorneys will present closing arguments in the trial Monday and Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves says jurors will begin deliberating Tuesday.
Those on trial include former Clay Circuit Judge R. Cletus Maricle; former Clay County school superintendent Douglas Adams; county Clerk Freddy W. Thompson; Thompson's father-in-law Charles Wayne Jones, a former county Democratic election commissioner; William Stivers, also a former election official; Magistrate Stanley Bowling; and William "Bart" Morris and his wife, Debra. All eight have denied the charges. Testimony ended exactly a year to the day that federal authorities fanned out across Clay County to make arrests in the case.
Testimony has ended in the trial of eight prominent Clay County residents accused of vote fraud. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported Friday that prosecution and defense attorneys will present closing arguments in the trial Monday and Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves says jurors will begin deliberating Tuesday.
Those on trial include former Clay Circuit Judge R. Cletus Maricle; former Clay County school superintendent Douglas Adams; county Clerk Freddy W. Thompson; Thompson's father-in-law Charles Wayne Jones, a former county Democratic election commissioner; William Stivers, also a former election official; Magistrate Stanley Bowling; and William "Bart" Morris and his wife, Debra. All eight have denied the charges. Testimony ended exactly a year to the day that federal authorities fanned out across Clay County to make arrests in the case.
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