Mayor Jerramiah Healy's deputy mayor -- Leona Beldini -- has been convicted on two criminal counts stemming from the money that a cooperating federal witness -- Mr. Solomon Dwek -- liberally distributed to a variety of politicians in northern New Jersey and Jersey City in exchange for official favors for Mr. Dwek, who they mistakenly believed was a real estate developer who wanted their favors. See
"Offcial guilty on 2 counts in NJ corruption trial," Daily Record.com (Feb. 11, 2010).
Let me again trumpet the fact that a team of my students in a course in fact investigation at Cardozo School Law undertook an investigation of Mayor Healy's administration about a year ago and found strong indications of possible corruption.
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It's here: the law of evidence on Spindle Law. See also this post and this post.
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Mayor Jerramiah Healy expresses sadness at Beldini's conviction but also emphasizes that she has been a good friend. See http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2010/02/jersey_city_mayor_jerramiah_he_2.html Mayor Healy has good reason to Keep her friendship.
Mayor Healy said he was "saddened and disappointed by this verdict." This statement can read in different ways. I wonder if Healy was saddened by her conduct or by her conviction. My guess is he was saddened and disappointed (as he literally said) by the verdict. We don't know for sure how he feels about her conduct. (But I have a pretty good guess about that.)
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