The charges against Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards, 58, and seven of his associates, including a brother and a nephew, fill 53 pages crammed with 50 counts of racketeering, fraud and obstruction of justice. U.S. District Judge Marcel Livaudais Jr. needed one hour and 15 minutes just to read the allegations in New Orleans last week. All told, the trial could go on for two months and entail the examination of up to 80 witnesses. Even before the proceedings began, each of the jurors was sandbagged with five fat folders, 2 in. to 3 in. thick and packed with pertinent documents. So...
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