Ted Stevens is trying to say he wasn’t convicted of anything:

“I’m not going to step down. I have not been convicted. I have a case pending against me, and probably the worse case of prosecutorial … misconduct by the prosecutors that is known,” Stevens said.

How many people in jail awaiting appeals say the same thing? Perhaps we should go ahead and let all of them go. Or perhaps we should go ahead and lock Stevens up and he can wait like any other person for his appeal.