Talk:Joshua Workman

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Original: August 1, The original version of this Wikipedia page was a fluff piece of biography. While it was factually accurate, it did not tell the entire story of Joshua Workman's political career, leaving out huge chunks of information. Frankly the original article bothered me and offended my sense of decency. Wikipedia is not supposed to be a place where you advertise yourself. It is a place where knowledge is shared, so I did some digging and provided a more balanced view. The revised article is a more balanced and factual look at the story of Joshua Workman. What is now posted in the article is an acurate, fair portrayal of the Josh Workman saga.

Reply: On August 2, I updated this article with several new pieces of information including links and such. I have been following Mr. Workman's unique and interesting story since 2004. After reading this page, I'm sure you will feel the same as I, "what a story - this young man's career will be interesting to follow". Enjoy.

Original: I would love to see the sentencing documents. Do you have a link?

Reply: You can obtain the via a freedom of info request from the US department of justice.

Original: Nice summary by the way.

Reply: Agreed.

Original: Actually with all our back and forth, I think we've got a pretty good page here. This seems to be a complete story and as I said way way back at the start of the day, I look forward to watching this story continue. I wonder if Shipley will have him back? What else is he doing? How does he make his living day-to-day, obviously not through campaigns...

Reply: So Workman got a slap on the wrist from a nice Republican judge and plead his way down from 10 counts to two to keep his butt from doing hard time. I would hate for any college boy from Canada to do serious time in a South Carolina institution, even considering the seriousness of the charges. It was a white collar crime, and just because he plead to lesser charges didn't mean that he didn't lie. Its pretty clear that at some point he did.

Original: I think it was North Carolina. The judge was a man named Lacy Thornburg, who was a democrat - appointed by Clinton (http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=2384). The prosecutor was a democrat as well from my search. I don't think there was any "deals" here along those lines, I think from what I can tell and reading the judges summary from the sentancing, the prosecutions case was weak and lacked some key facts. Obviously Workman is a skilled operator and knows what to say and when, he surely kept his mouth quiet during the trail as he did not testify to his own defense. He was convicted of makign a false statement, which is essentially lying. Only the facts, only the facts.