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For Immediate Release
August 4, 2008

Attorney for Paul Minor Responds to Government’s Brief Opposing Minor’s Release on Bond Pending Appeal

By refusing to support Paul's request to spend time with his seriously ill wife in what might be her last months, the prosecutors have become unthinking and unfeeling. This inhumane response might have been expected from those who the evidence shows improperly selected Paul for prosecution, who upped the charges when Paul fought back, and who convinced the trial court to impose such a long and illegal sentence. We hope that the Fifth Circuit will make this right.

Contact:

Abbe Lowell

McDermott, Will, & Emery

600 13th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC
20005-3096
T: 202.756.8000
F: 202.756.8087

A recent email alerted me to the plight of Paul Minor, who currently sits in prison convicted on the esoteric criminal act of "honest services mail fraud." Apparently, Minor arranged to loan money to Oliver Diaz for his campaign for Justice of Mississippi Supreme Court. Minor, along with a Republican co-owner who was not prosecuted, also rented an apartment to Justice Diaz.