Sen. Larry Craig Dropping Sex Charge Appeals

Sex Gay  The former senator is no longer planning to try and get his conviction overturned.
by The Associated Press
Published: Thu, January 08, 2009 - 10:18 am CST Last Updated: Thu, January 08, 2009 - 10:22 am CST
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A lawyer for former Idaho Sen. Larry Craig
says they won't ask the Minnesota Supreme Court to void Craig's
conviction in an airport bathroom sex sting.
Minneapolis attorney Tom Kelly says he concluded that the state
Supreme Court would not accept a petition for further review of the
case, so it would be a futile exercise. He says that means the
legal wrangling in the case is over.
Thursday was the 30-day deadline for Craig to ask the high court
to review a Minnesota Court of Appeals decision that went against
him.
The Idaho Republican was arrested in 2007 by an undercover
police officer who was conducting a sting operation against men
cruising for gay sex at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International
Airport. The senator quietly pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct
and paid a fine, but changed his mind after word of his arrest
became public. He insisted he was innocent and that he was not gay.
He did not seek re-election.

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