Siegelman was born and raised in Mobile, Alabama, the son of Catherine Andrea (née Schottgen) and Leslie Bouchet Siegelman, and raised in the Roman Catholic faith. 6.11 Federal Communications Commission investigation.6.8 Alleged misconduct by attorney general.3.1 State lottery and universal education.Siegelman was released from prison on February 8, 2017, and was on supervised probation until it ended in June 2019. In October 2015, more than 100 former attorneys general and officials, both Democratic and Republican, contended that his prosecution was marred by prosecutorial misconduct they have petitioned the United States Supreme Court to review the case. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld key bribery, conspiracy and obstruction counts against Siegelman and refused his request for a new trial. Following the trial, however, many questions were raised by both Democrats and Republicans, about allegations of prosecutorial misconduct in his case. In 2006 Siegelman was convicted on federal felony corruption charges and sentenced to seven years in federal prison. He served in Alabama politics for 26 years. Siegelman is the only person in Alabama's history to be elected to serve in all four of the top statewide elected offices: Secretary of State, Attorney General, Lieutenant Governor and Governor. As of 2021, Siegelman is the last member of the Democratic Party, as well as the only Roman Catholic, to serve as Governor of Alabama. He served one term as the 51st Governor of Alabama from 1999 to 2003. Donald Eugene Siegelman ( / ˈ s iː ɡ ə l m ə n/ born February 24, 1946) is a former American politician, lawyer and convicted felon who held several elected offices in the State of Alabama.