City Councilwoman Helen Holton's three-year battle against allegations of bribery and perjury came to a close Wednesday as Maryland's highest court upheld a Baltimore judge's decision to dismiss the most serious charges against her.
The 5-2 ruling Wednesday ends the case against the West Baltimore Democrat, whom state prosecutors had accused of accepting $12,500 for a campaign poll from a pair of developers in exchange for voting on tax breaks for their Harbor East project.
"At long last, justice is done and this ordeal is over. It's over," Holton said Wednesday. "If not for my faith and my trust in God, I would not have made it through this public persecution."
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Bribes. They did the job. Worked like a charm.
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