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June 2, 2008
Fieger and Johnson acquitted in Detroit campaign finance case
Geoffrey Fieger and Ven Johnson were acquitted today on all counts of illegal campaign contributions. Fieger and his attorney Gerry Spence fought a long, hard battle during a 5 week trial, and Spence says this will be his last trial. As Carl Malinga, a former Macomb County prosecutor who was also acquitted of campaign violations, said:
This is the reason we have juries . . . to stop the government when it's out of control. Juries are the conscience of the community.
