Dollar Bill was found guilty in August of 2009, he is still a free man and yes, awaiting appeals that keep getting delayed and pushed back farther and farther.
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Jefferson appealed his conviction
Belgo appeals after the conviction have been shot down
Deserves every minute of that sentence. It's rare to see political corruption punished that harshly, which only means that the others aren't being penalized enough.
Fourteen years, that's it. D:
Politicians should be held to a higher standard. Public execution.
Politicians should be held to a higher standard. Public execution.
bigi
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the irony is that balgo being convicted is evidence of moving away from mob law, not towards it.
chicago has turned a blind eye to political corruption and crimes for decades and the whole city pays for it every day.
they are begging for it electing other finks like Rahm into office from the same group of cronies they cry about in the news with blago doing to jail
he helped destroy an entire state and put 10s of thousands of jobs at stake to make a few million dollars.
Fern
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Who did he actually hurt?
Serious question. I haven't followed this closely, but all I've really seen is him acting like a (immature) jerk all excited about the possibility of somehow, someway profiting in this. (I'm thinking of his recorded phone calls.) Guy strikes me an incompetent unethical dufus, but mostly harmless.
Fern
Fern
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There is some truth in what you say.
I think it's mostly how he went about it. So, it's a matter of 'style over substance' since we all know politicians deal in political favors. He just went about it in a crass/stupidly obvious way.
Fern
K1052
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The extortion charges hurt him a lot too.
In the end he doomed himself with his own massive stupidity and arrogance. He knew Fitzgerald was looking into him and everyone around him. Rod even had the balls to dare them to do wiretaps on him...which they did.
I really dislike violent crimes, but many non-violent crimes are not treated as seriously as they should be.
Some drug addict grabs a woman's purse for $25 and it's a violent crime. Someone defrauds people of their savings for millions and it's 'only a non-violent crime'.
Violations of the public trust and white-collar crimes hurt people a lot. The law is not really balanced on this IMO, in part because of nice-looking criminals in suits and pricey lawyers.
shortylickens
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Yup, thats American justice.
White politician supposed to get 305 years, goes all the way down to 14. He manages to get out of it for months. When he finally does go it will be to a country club.
Black man sells a crack rock and gets 10 years on his first offense, cuz he was "trafficking".
Will go to prison where he buys and sells more crack, rapes, and becomes a much more learned thug.
White politician supposed to get 305 years, goes all the way down to 14. He manages to get out of it for months. When he finally does go it will be to a country club.
Black man sells a crack rock and gets 10 years on his first offense, cuz he was "trafficking".
Will go to prison where he buys and sells more crack, rapes, and becomes a much more learned thug.
werepossum
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I didn't follow it either, but I tend to agree with Wolfe. Politicians so often do these things that when one does violet the letter of the law rather than just its spirit they must be harshly punished, else they'd all be doing as bad or worse. As I understand it, Blago was trying to use his public position for his advancement and/or his private gain. Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid have done much worse in enriching and empowering themselves with their offices, but they did it inside the system. Blago, like Tom Delay, did it outside the system, and got caught. Rules for this kind of thing need to be more strict, not less strict.
Spikesoldier
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how much you guys wanna bet obummer pardons him in 2012/2016?
gotta look out for the cogs of the chicago machine
gotta look out for the cogs of the chicago machine
hal2kilo
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Should have killed somebody. Probably could of gotten less time.
I think the guy was an arrogant F and a criminal but Wow!
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Good call. Chicago style politics on full display and this president was deeply involved.
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