Update: Rod Blagojevich's Original Sentence Unchanged at Resentencing
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At a resentencing hearing today, U.S. District Judge James Zagel sentenced former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to the same fourteen-year sentence the judge had originally imposed in 2011. Blagojevich (known as "Blago") was convicted on eighteen felony counts of corruption based on various "pay to play" schemes involving his powers as governor, including a scheme where he tried to obtain money or a job in exchange for appointing the successor to former U.S. Senator from Illinois Barack Obama.
Update: Rod Blagojevich's Original Sentence Unchanged at Resentencing
Update: Rod Blagojevich's Original Sentence…
Update: Rod Blagojevich's Original Sentence Unchanged at Resentencing
At a resentencing hearing today, U.S. District Judge James Zagel sentenced former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to the same fourteen-year sentence the judge had originally imposed in 2011. Blagojevich (known as "Blago") was convicted on eighteen felony counts of corruption based on various "pay to play" schemes involving his powers as governor, including a scheme where he tried to obtain money or a job in exchange for appointing the successor to former U.S. Senator from Illinois Barack Obama.