Thursday, September 25, 2014

“This is really a story about redemption.”

A great quote on Rosh Hashanah from Bill Barzee about his client, lobbyist Richard Canadia.  Judge Cooke sentenced him to probation and four months of home confinement. From the (newly designed) Herald:


Cooke said she recognized his remorse and the significance of his help. She also recognized he was a vulnerable man who had gone through financial difficulty, a divorce and the death of his parents when he decided to participate in an FBI-orchestrated grant scheme to rip off the federal government.
Cooke, known for her folksy expressions, said the “wheels fell off the bus” in describing Candia’s dire situation. Before that, “I don’t think this was anything you were capable of or thought you would do,” the judge told him.
Pizzi surely hasn't kept his head down since his acquittal.  Here are his comments after the sentencing:

After Thursday’s sentencing, Pizzi called Candia’s deal an “outrage.”
“After three years and millions of tax dollars spent, lying lobbyist Michael Kesti is doing talk shows and lying lobbyist Richard Candia is home watching footballs games,” Pizzi said. “These are two lobbyists who lied to and wanted to corrupt every city in the state in order to make money. One got a big paycheck by conning the government and the other, Candia, a free pass. This is how this operation ended.”

12 comments:

  1. Anonymous5:46 PM

    I respectfully disagree. Is it really "redemption" when you are an acknowledged crook and "dirty insider" who flips and then at the FBI's heel you entrap otherwise law abiding citizens? This is why the 5K/Rule 35 system is an abomination. Happy New Year.

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  2. Anonymous7:29 PM

    Barzee did a great job.

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  3. Anonymous10:12 PM

    What law abiding citizens? Pizzi is foaming at the mouth instead of grateful that he had great lawyers who created reasonable doubt. Judge Cooke did the right thing.

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  4. Anonymous6:58 AM

    Barzee did an awesome job, that goes without saying. But do you think it's "redemption" when you break the law and then agree to act undercover to reduce your exposure? I don't know the Pizzi case, was there evidence that he ripped off the fed government before Candia approached him?

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  5. Anonymous8:11 AM

    It was Barzini all along

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  6. Anonymous8:29 AM

    658 am , er, jay weaver , stop trolling the blogs. You were wrong again .

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  7. Anonymous8:29 AM

    Barzee!!

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  8. Anonymous10:17 AM

    What does this have to do with Weaver? Isn't this an issue about whether white collar defendants/flips get different/better treatment?

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  9. Anonymous7:54 PM

    sucks to flip and have the co-def acquitted. Try more cases and less flipping is the lesson here.

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  10. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-rosenfeldt-sentencing-preview-20140926,0,887705.story?page=1


    SCOTT ROTHSTEIN WASNT THE GREAT CORRUPTER HE IS PORTRAYED TO BE...HE IS THE GREAT MIRROR, SHOWING ALL OF US WHAT WE ARE CAPABLE OF DOING...IN THIS, WE OWE HIM A GREAT THANK YOU, "KNOW THYSELF"

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  11. http://nyti.ms/1oosgXa

    secret service out-policed by white house house keeper. the next time you as a judge defer to the obvious good police work of the feds, remember this article.

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  12. You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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