Summary
For three years, lawyers for Dr. Cyril H. Wecht professed that federal prosecutors were persecuting the former Allegheny County coroner because of his Democratic politics -- a claim they admit people accused of public corruption frequently use.
"It's the first line of defense of someone in public office," said Dick Thornburgh, a former Republican governor and an attorney general under President Reagan. "But this case was so flimsy from the outset that there had to be some reason it was brought."See the full content of this document
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Majority of Defendants in Corruption Cases by Buchanan Were Dems
Thornburgh was part of the legal team that vigorously defended Wecht, 78, of Squirrel Hill on public corruption charges, which U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan dropped last week.
An examination of public corruption cases brought by Buchanan since her September 2001 appointment by President Bush shows the ma...See the full content of this document
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