s*********8 发帖数: 901 | 1 (Bloomberg) -- Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, convicted of trying
to trade a U.S. Senate for personal favors or campaign cash, may face
longer in prison than the 6 1/2 years his predecessor got for political
corruption.
Blagojevich, a twice-elected Democrat who stood trial in Chicago for the
second time, was found guilty yesterday by a federal jury on 17 counts,
among them three crimes that carry prison sentences of as long as 20 years.
A different jury in the same courthouse convicted the previous governor,
Republican George Ryan, in 2006 on charges he traded political favors for
gifts, trips and cash.
“It’s absolutely a possibility that Blagojevich would get a stiffer
sentence,” said Jeffrey H. Cramer, a former federal prosecutor who is now
managing director of Kroll Inc.’s Chicago office. “This crime is more
egregious. This is like the Ryan case on steroids.”
Blagojevich was convicted of all 11 charges relating to his efforts to
barter President Barack Obama’s Senate seat for a Cabinet-level
presidential appointment, leadership of a political advocacy group or
donations to his Friends of Blagojevich campaign fund.
Jurors convicted the former governor of 10 wire fraud counts, two attempted
extortion counts and two extortion conspiracy counts, each punishable by as
many as 20 years in prison. He was also convicted of one of two solicitation
of bribery counts, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years, and two
bribery conspiracy counts, which carry top sentences of five years. A
sentencing date hasn’t been set.
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