Abstract

The Prosecution and Persecution of Ron Carey

The article discusses the prosecution and persecution of Ron Carey, a presidential candidate of the U.S. According to the author, the whole case has been an ugly affair. This is not to say that an innocent man has been framed. But Carey has been dealt the equivalent of a career death sentence in procedures short on due process and on the basis of under-whelming evidence that he participated in the wrongdoing. Perhaps Carey yielded to temptations of power. But a close reading of the record shows that this remains an open question. Carey may well have been a lousy manager and allowed underlings the opportunity to misappropriate funds. But that is not why he was banned from the election. He was banished for having been a knowing party to those crimes that have been committed.