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From: TimF	11/16/2009 12:58:50 AM
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Corruption lands ex-Louisiana congressman 13 years By MATTHEW BARAKAT, Associated Press Writer Matthew Barakat, Associated Press Writer – Sat Nov 14, 10:20 am ET ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Prosecutors called a former Louisiana congressman's corruption the most extensive in the history of Congress. His punishment delivered a similar message. William Jefferson, who famously hid $90,000 cash in his freezer, was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for taking bribes, the longest term ever imposed on a congressman for bribery. The Democrat who represented parts of New Orleans for nearly 20 years was convicted in August of taking about $500,000 in bribes and seeking millions more in exchange for using his influence to broker business deals in Africa. Jefferson is appealing the conviction. U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III said public corruption was "a cancer on the body politic." "There must be some sort of greed virus that attacks those in power," said Ellis, who lamented that so many other congressmen have been convicted on similar charges... news.yahoo.com tigerhawk.blogspot.com

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