Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich gets 14 years in prison for corruption

CHICAGO — Rod Blagojevich, the ousted Illinois governor whose three-year battle against criminal charges became a national spectacle, was sentenced to 14 years in prison Wednesday, one of the stiffest penalties imposed for corruption in a state with a history of crooked politics.

Among his 18 convictions is the explosive charge that he tried to leverage his power to appoint someone to President Barack Obama’s vacated Senate seat in exchange for campaign cash or land a high-paying job.
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1 comment:

The Anti-Gnostic said...

Thank God we are relieved of the scourge of trading favors for plum political appointments.