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A Culture of Corruption

Episode Segments

Weinberg on the Law: News and Notes

In our weekly roundup, California’s Prop 8 is overturned for now, another politician is in trouble, this time in New Jersey, and the Blago case is blown – but did he even commit a crime in the first place? Plus, are background checks appropriate in this job market, and the scarlett letter of a sex crime.

Weinberg on the Law: The Temptation of Bribes

Scott examines the case against Rod Blagojevich, and wonders if you prevented a crime in this instance, can you really charge him for a crime? Then, the case against Senate Candidate Alvin Greene, and is there just too much temptation for politicians to take bribes?