LA sentence est tombée pour l'ancien gouverneur de l'Illinois qui avait tenté de vendre le siège de Barack Obama au Sénat. Lorsqu'un sénateur quitte ses fonctions avant la fin du mandat (6 ans), le gouverneur dispose d'un grand pouvoir pour le remplacer.
"Disgraced former Gov. Rod Blagojevich was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in prison after he made a final plea for leniency, acknowledging his guilt and saying, “I am unbelievably sorry.”
The sentence is the longest received by any Illinois governor and one of the longest for any politician in state history.
“When it is the governor who goes bad, the fabric of Illinois is torn and disfigured and not easily or quickly repaired,” U.S. District Judge James Zagel said in announcing how long Blagojevich should spend in prison after being convicted of 18 corruption charges that included attempting to sell or trade an appointment to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the election of President Barack Obama. “You did that damage.”
Blagojevich, who was seated while Zagel read his sentence, slightly sunk his head after learning his prison term. Wife Patti put her hand up to her mouth, but did not cry, as she has done in previous hearings. Blagojevich walked up to her and said, “You OK? Stay strong.” After court was over, the two embraced in the courtroom and she buried her head in his chest.
Later, Blagojevich gave brief remarks to a throng of reporters in the federal courthouse lobby, quoting English poet Rudyard Kipling — as he did after his arrest three years ago — and saying he was heading to his Ravenswood Manor home to see his daughters."
http://www.suntimes.com/9300810-417/blagojevich-seeks-leniency-from-judge.html
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