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Ted Stevens Prosecutors Won’t Face Criminal Prosecution, NPR Reports

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Senator Ted Stevens is dead and so is one of the prosecutors in the prosecution of the Stevens case, who committed suicide. On Monday, the latest twist in a perplexing case surfaced when NPR’s Carrie Johnson reported that the prosecutors in the bungled 2008 prosecution of the Alaskan senator…

Judge in Ted Stevens Case Drops Civil Contempt Against 3 Justice Lawyers

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The controversial and bungled Ted Stevens case continues to pop up in the news. The latest: A fed judge in Washington on Tuesday dismissed a civil contempt order against three senior Justice Department lawyers. The judge, Emmet G. Sullivan, found them in contempt for failing to turn over materials…