US asks judge to send Turner to prison
Says behavior in court ‘amplified the crimes’
By Andrew Ryan
Globe Staff / January 22, 2011
Federal prosecutors urged a judge to send Chuck Turner to prison for a minimum of two years and nine months in a scathing sentencing memorandum that used the former Boston City Council member’s own words against him.
Arguing that grandstanding at rallies and in the media “amplified the crimes,’’ the six-page document quoted Turner 11 times. Turner described his prosecution as a “witch hunt,’’ called the US Constitution an “illegal document,’’ dismissed photographs of him accepting a $1,000 bribe as doctored, and argued that the government was trying to take him down because “they saw the power of communities of color rising up.’’
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