Black wants one more week


Former House Speaker Jim Black pleaded Thursday for an extra week before starting a five-year federal prison term on Monday, saying he needs more time to report to a Pennsylvania prison and to be sentenced for separate crimes in state court, the Associated Press is reporting.

The additional week also would allow Black to transport himself to a prison in Lewisburg, Pa., where the U.S. Bureau of Prisons decided Black will serve his sentence, his lawyers said. The judge had not issued a ruling on the request by Thursday afternoon.

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Re: Black wants one more week

He is but the tip of the iceberg...he is a VILE democrackkk*, like SO MANY of the OTHERS who remain in our corrupt midst!

WHO will be the NEXT CORRUPT NC democrackkk* to fall into the flames of EVIDENCED CORRUPTION??? ... How many have fallen recently??? How many MORE to follow??? Cant wait!!!

STRIVE to be SMARTER than a democrackkk*! And DONT EVER VOTE for one again, because they keep us ALL OPPRESSED!

*spelled with 3 Ks to HONOR the democrat heritage as the ORIGINAL 'party' of SLAVERY, as they continue to ENSLAVE us all!

Re: Black wants one more week

MONDAY WILL BE A DAY THAT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING FOR MY FAMILY..SPEAKER JIM BLACK IS FINALLY GETTING BACK WHAT HE DESERVES...GONE ARE THE DAYS OF PAYING OFF CERTAIN PEOPLE OF POWER THAT HE SO DID TO MY FAMILY ...JIM BLACK IS ONE PERSON THAT BELONGS BEHIND BARS EVEN THOUGH HE IS GOING TO A COUNTRY CLUB ENVIORNMENT...JUST AS LONG AS HE HAS HIS FREEDOM TAKEN AWAY IS GOOD ENOUGH... MAY HIS FAMILY SUFFER AS MUCH AS MINE HAS...PAY BACK HAS ARRIVED!!!!!!!!!TOO BAD THE WHOLE FAMILY WASNT CHARGED AS THEY WERE ALSO THERE TO SPEND THE MONEY ....TO MY KNOWLEDGE JIM BLACK IS NOT AN ALCOHOLIC...JUST ANOTHER PLOY TO LIGHTEN HIS SENTENCE