Weekend Series on Crime History: Enron
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxd9AeXft64 WEEKEND STORIES OF INTEREST Prosecutors Ask Court to Uphold Ex-Congressman Jefferson’s Conviction (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
March 11, 2011
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