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Senator Theodore F. Stevens^[1][2] was a criminal trial spanning from 2007 to 2009 of long-time U.S. Senator Ted Stevens as part of the Alaska political corruption probe. Stevens was the main source of coverage of the probe, being indicted by a jury on July 29, 2008^[3][4] and convicted on 7 felony charges of corruption on October 27, 2008^[5] which cost him re-election in the Senate race a week later.^[6][7]

Stevens pled not guilty, publicly declaring "I'm innocent." Stevens asserted his right to a speedy trial and requested that the trial be held before the 2008 election.^[8][9]U.S.

District Judge in Washington, D.C. Emmet G. Sullivan, on October 2, 2008, denied the mistrial petition of Stevens's chief counsel, Brendan Sullivan, that made allegations of withholding evidence by prosecutors. Thus, the latter were admonished and would submit themselves Messy trial ends with a decisive verdict - POLITICO HEHY