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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 04:36 PM
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Sen. Craig Amends Gay Bust Appeal
(St. Paul, Minnesota) Seeking to have his guilty plea in a bathroom sex sting erased, the attorneys for Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho argue in a new court filing that the underlying act wasn't criminal because it didn't involve multiple victims.

An appeals brief filed Tuesday contends that Minnesota's disorderly conduct law "requires that the conduct at issue have a tendency to alarm or anger 'others'" - underscoring the plural nature of the term.

Craig's brief goes on to cite other convictions that were overturned because the multiple-victim test wasn't met. His lawyers apply the same logic to his case.

The Republican senator pleaded guilty in August after his arrest two months earlier at the Minneapolis airport. It was part of a broader undercover push targeting men soliciting sex in public restrooms.
(St. Paul, Minnesota) Seeking to have his guilty plea in a bathroom sex sting erased, the attorneys for Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho argue in a new court filing that the underlying act wasn't criminal because it didn't involve multiple victims.


http://www.365gay.com/Newscon08/01/010908craig.htm
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Bicoastal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 04:39 PM
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1. Keep digging, Senator!
Look at how deep it is already--you'll be in China in no time!

:rofl:
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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 04:40 PM
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2. Shouldn't that be keep plowing Senator?
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 04:40 PM
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3. Didn't he appeal this already? The dumbass should just shut up
and go home. The more he yammers the longer it stays in the news!
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Didereaux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 04:43 PM
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4. YIPPEE! we can now kill one person, free? omigawd and list is so loooong too
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Cronus Protagonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 04:55 PM
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5. Now, THAT's a "wide stance" appeal if I ever saw one n/t
:P
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