The_RANDy_Corporation
03-19-2001, 09:36 AM
Gee, maybe he really didn't sell pot to Dan Quayle after all??
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Mar 19, 2001 - 10:14 AM
Quayle Accuser Loses Appeal
By Anne Gearan
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - A convicted bomber who once claimed he sold marijuana to Dan Quayle lost his appeal to the Supreme Court in an unrelated case.
The court on Monday turned down Brett Kimberlin's claim that federal parole officials railroaded him when they canceled his scheduled release two years ago. The court did not comment on the case.
Kimberlin claimed, days before the 1988 presidential election, that then-vice presidential candidate Quayle bought small amounts of drugs from him in the 1970s. Quayle denied it, and the Drug Enforcement Administration later concluded the allegation was false.
Kimberlin has been in the news, and in the courts, frequently since then.
In the case acted on Monday, Kimberlin claims parole officials used flimsy evidence and violated his constitutional rights when they concluded that he did not deserve parole in 1999. Federal courts then signed off on that decision.
Kimberlin asked the high court to follow up on a ruling it made last year in another prisoner's case. That ruling, which has had a ripple effect in the Supreme Court and lower courts, said that judges cannot decide to lengthen a convict's sentence unilaterally - a jury must consider questions that would extend someone's sentence.
The U.S. Parole Commission said Kimberlin lied and hid assets while going through bankruptcy, and rescheduled Kimberlin's release for June of this year.
Kimberlin had filed for bankruptcy amid a tussle over proceeds from a 1996 book about his Quayle allegations.
Kimberlin claims he was upfront about how much money the book publisher owed him and never tried to hide the money, while federal investigators claimed he used a "sham" company headed by his sister and other ruses to avoid paying a court settlement to a woman injured by one of his bombs.
The case is Kimberlin v. DeWalt, 00-8564.
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAB9JECIKC.html
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Mar 19, 2001 - 10:14 AM
Quayle Accuser Loses Appeal
By Anne Gearan
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - A convicted bomber who once claimed he sold marijuana to Dan Quayle lost his appeal to the Supreme Court in an unrelated case.
The court on Monday turned down Brett Kimberlin's claim that federal parole officials railroaded him when they canceled his scheduled release two years ago. The court did not comment on the case.
Kimberlin claimed, days before the 1988 presidential election, that then-vice presidential candidate Quayle bought small amounts of drugs from him in the 1970s. Quayle denied it, and the Drug Enforcement Administration later concluded the allegation was false.
Kimberlin has been in the news, and in the courts, frequently since then.
In the case acted on Monday, Kimberlin claims parole officials used flimsy evidence and violated his constitutional rights when they concluded that he did not deserve parole in 1999. Federal courts then signed off on that decision.
Kimberlin asked the high court to follow up on a ruling it made last year in another prisoner's case. That ruling, which has had a ripple effect in the Supreme Court and lower courts, said that judges cannot decide to lengthen a convict's sentence unilaterally - a jury must consider questions that would extend someone's sentence.
The U.S. Parole Commission said Kimberlin lied and hid assets while going through bankruptcy, and rescheduled Kimberlin's release for June of this year.
Kimberlin had filed for bankruptcy amid a tussle over proceeds from a 1996 book about his Quayle allegations.
Kimberlin claims he was upfront about how much money the book publisher owed him and never tried to hide the money, while federal investigators claimed he used a "sham" company headed by his sister and other ruses to avoid paying a court settlement to a woman injured by one of his bombs.
The case is Kimberlin v. DeWalt, 00-8564.
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAB9JECIKC.html