Ex-Con Wants to Receive Pension: ; Former Lincoln County Assessor Appeals to High Court in an Attempt to Have Retirement Benefits Restored

Charleston Daily Mail › September 25, 2008

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CHARLESTON - A former county assessor convicted in a vote-buying scandal believes he deserves his public pension because his crimes did not involve his office or his election.

Former Lincoln County Assessor Jerry Weaver pleaded guilty in 2005 to a federal charge linking him to a long-running conspiracy to corrupt the county's Democratic primaries.

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Ex-Con Wants to Receive Pension: ; Former Lincoln County Assessor Appeals to High Court in an Attempt to Have Retirement Benefits Restored

But his lawyer told the state Supreme Court on Wednesday that his role in that scheme did not amount to "less than honorable service," the ...

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