Creepy Ex-Governor Blagojevich Sentenced to 14 Years

Creepy Ex-governor

Disgraced former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption.

He was found guilty in June of 17 counts of graft, including trying to sell the US Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama.

At the sentencing in Chicago, he said he was "unbelievably sorry" and had made "terrible mistakes".

Prosecutors had requested a maximum sentence of 20 years, saying the 54-year-old knew he was breaking the law.

The Democrat was arrested in December 2008 while still in office.

Pleading for leniency on Wednesday, Blagojevich told Judge James Zagel he thought what he had been doing was "permissible".

BBC

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Seat Roland Burris

Roland Burris, Blago's Senate pick to fill Obama's seat, should be seated, just like Mr. Burris has been saying all along. I'm not saying this situation is simple and obvious, though it is. I am saying that if we are to be a nation of laws, and not special privileges for special people, then he needs to be seated. Blago followed the law, even if he is afoul of it now or in the near future, and the Illinois Sec. of State did a stupid thing not signing the certificate. I say seat Burris.