CCPOA news
February 28, 2008
Former CCA inmate opposes Tennessee judicial nominee
A former inmate of a CCA run prison is protesting a former CCA executive's nomination to a federal judge post:
President Bush in June nominated Gustavus A. Puryear IV, chief lawyer with Corrections Corporation of America, to become a U.S. district judge in Nashville.That led Alex Friedmann, who spent six years at the company's prison in Clifton, Tenn., to investigate Puryear's qualifications.
According to the article, Friedmann contends that Puryear isn't qualified, having handled only two federal cases in his career as a lawyer, which Friedmann says is only one more than he has tried himself. As a former CCA executive, Puryear also has a conflict of interest presiding over numerous outstanding federal lawsuits against the company according to Friedmann…
LINK - SouthernStudies.org
