The Siegelman case will continue to resonate -- it is even taught in law schools -- as a paradigm of the way the criminal justice system can miscarry when the worst in partisan politics combines with overzealous and misguided prosecution. Indeed, if anything good can ever come of this bad case, it is this awareness.
What comes before is a recitation of the facts of the case, from indictment to sentencing. If you are not familiar with it already, the column will bring you up to date on the case that a hundred former state attorneys General of both parties have condemned.
His main question: Why has President Obama not pardoned Siegelman by now?
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