06-03-2015, 11:20 AM
Judge gives serious consideration to tossing some charges against Mobile license commissioner
Brendan Kirby
June 02, 2015 at 8:36 PM, updated June 02, 2015 at 9:23 PM
"But DuBose said the law requires more than Crawford's fear. She asked prosecutors to point to the evidence that Hastie said something or did something that a reasonable person would consider a threat to fire Crawford. Absent that evidence, she said, prosecutors may have a case for an ethics violation, but not extortion."
Brendan Kirby
June 02, 2015 at 8:36 PM, updated June 02, 2015 at 9:23 PM
"But DuBose said the law requires more than Crawford's fear. She asked prosecutors to point to the evidence that Hastie said something or did something that a reasonable person would consider a threat to fire Crawford. Absent that evidence, she said, prosecutors may have a case for an ethics violation, but not extortion."