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Ex-jail union head Norman Seabrook must go to prison by December, judge rules
[NYPOST] Norman Seabrook, the former head of the city jails union, must surrender to prison in December after being convicted of steering union funds to a shoddy investment firm in exchange for bribes.Lawyers for Seabrook had requested that he be given until December to surrender because of the coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague) ...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...pandemic that has ravaged some federal prison facilities. "In a time when inmates are being released from [Bureau of Prisons] facilities in light of COVID-19, it makes little sense to require a non- On Friday, a Manhattan federal judge responded to the request by ordering Seabrook to surrender to Otisville prison Dec. 29. Earlier this month, Seabrook lost his appeal to get his conviction tossed, in part because a three-judge panel ruled he’d knowingly made a risky union investment to line his pockets. "The record contained evidence that Seabrook hid from the [Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association] board communications from its counsel discussing the specific risk of losing the investment," Judge Rosemary Pooler wrote in her opinion for the three judges who shot down Seabrook’s appeal. Posted by: Fred 2020-08-22 |
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