E-mail a friendApril 22, 2008
Former Alabama governor Don Siegelman, who was recently released from prison, argues that the Justice Department is being used as a political tool. Journalist and author of A Crime So Monstrous, E. Benjamin Skinner, says there are more slaves in the world today than at any point in human history.
Don Siegelman
Don Siegelman
Former Alabama governor, who was recently released from prison, explains his case. (3:09)
Don Siegelman served in Alabama politics for 26 years. He's the only person to be elected to serve in all four of the state's top offices: secretary of state, attorney general, lieutenant governor and governor. He was noted for his work in improving education, children's services and promoting anti-crime initiatives. In '07, the once-popular Democrat was convicted of corruption charges and sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison. Siegelman was recently released pending his appeal.
E. Benjamin Skinner
E. Benjamin Skinner
Journalist and author says there are more slaves in the world today than at any point in human history. (3:29)
From Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, Benjamin Skinner has reported on a broad range of topics for such publications as the Los Angeles Times and Foreign Affairs. He met his first slavery survivor in '03, while on assignment for Newsweek International in Sudan. After four years of research, some of which was undercover, on four continents, Skinner tells the story of people who live in slavery, those who have escaped and those who own or traffic in slaves in his new book, A Crime So Monstrous.