Appeals court throws out two charges against Don Siegelman and Richard Scrushy

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned two of the charges against former Gov. Don Siegelman and former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy but left most of their convictions intact.

The appellate court overturned two of the honest services fraud charges against Scrushy and Siegelman, saying they did not meet the new scaled-back criteria for when honest services charges can be applied.

But the court upheld five charges against Siegelman and four counts against Scrushy.

"This is an extraordinary case. It involves allegations of corruption at the highest levels of Alabama state government. Its resolution has strained the resources of both Alabama and the federal government. But it has arrived in this court with the 'sword and buckler' of a jury verdict," the three-judge panel ruled.

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That's the only way I can interpret all this.