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06-27-11, 05:33 PM #1Blago found guity on 17 corruption charges
Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has been found guilty of trying to sell the US Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama.
In his second trial in a US federal court in Chicago, Blagojevich was found guilty on 17 of 20 corruption charges.
He was also found guilty of trying to extort funds from a hospital executive.
He is the second Illinois governor in a row to be convicted on federal charges.
According to the article, he could get up to 300 years in prison. Of course, he'll probably try to bribe the judge, or sell his jail cell to the highest bidder >.>.
I also loved the defense, once of the worse I've heard in a long time, it was basically "He was just talking, he wasn't actually going to do any of it." Amazing defense, if I get in trouble with the law I'll hire his lawyer. "I wasn't actually speeding, I was just thinking about speeding."
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06-27-11, 08:56 PM #6
Re: Blago found guity on 17 corruption charges
And theres no greater example of that corruption than in Illinois politics.
Governor of Illinois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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06-27-11, 09:06 PM #7
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