Ken Starr: Even Sleazier After All These Years

If you missed my original post on Ken Starr's use of forged letters, supposedly written by jurors in support of a convicted killer's plea for leniency in his death penalty sentencing hearing, the saga continues.

Too bad it's being reported by a British newspaper.

Ken Starr Withdraws Death Row Case Papers

Tuesday February 14, 2006 12:01 AM

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Former Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth Starr and another attorney said Monday they were withdrawing sworn statements submitted in a bid to spare a man from execution.

Prosecutors had denounced the letters from jurors, which asked Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to spare the man's life, as forgeries, and the defense team initially stood by them.

But in a letter to Attorney General Bill Lockyer, attorney David Senior said he and Starr were "withdrawing any and all reliance on any exhibits generated'' by one of their investigators. The defense said it would withdraw five of the six statements.

A statement purportedly taken from Michael Morales' former roommate and submitted to the California Supreme Court also requires further investigation, Senior wrote.

Keith Borjon, a state prosecutor, told the justices that Senior's letter appeared to acknowledge the documents were forged.

Ken Starr is a coward. I have to wonder how he convinced his law partner to write and sign this mea culpa letter all by himself. Starr's name may not be on the letter, but his sleaze is all over it.

Collateral Damage: Pepperdine University really thought they were getting a gem of a law school dean when they hired him, didn't they? Of course, they had to know how sleazy he was, and they had to have some inkling as to how low he would be willing to go to make himself look... if not good, at least detached from the original crime.


So you think you know Delilah? Judges 16:19-- And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head.