By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted on January 16, 2022 Chief U.S. District Court Judge Frank McFadden, federal prosecutor Broward Segrest, and Winton Blount III. An Editorial Opinion On December 30, 2021, I published an editorial titled, "Joe Perkins: The Political Reincarnation of Alabama Power's Walter F. Johnsey." In the article, I described how Chief U.S. District Court Judge Frank H. McFadden (Birmingham) "fixed" the high-profile 1980 "Birmingham Coal Fraud Trial" to free

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on February 11, 2021 U.S. Attorney Frank Donaldson (left) and First Assistant U.S. Attorney Lloyd Peeples (right). An Editorial Opinion In my December 13, 2020 article titled, “Biden Must Quickly Fire COINTELPRO Prosecutors," I highlighted several examples of modern-day racism and COINTELPRO conduct by federal prosecutors in Alabama. I also explained how and why COINTELPRO prosecutors found a sanctuary within the halls of the U.