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Extortion: Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is indicted on charges of trying to auction off President Barack Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat along with new corruption allegations that he tried to extort a congressman. a4 Family affair: Dad brings daughter, 9, to a stickup. Now, he's a fugitive. The girl is safe. a2
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When U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald recently announced charges against Illinois Governor Blagojevich, he labeled as "appalling" what he described as a "political corruption crime spree" that would "make Lincoln roll over in his grave." About three years ago, North Carolina prosecutor Michael Nifong stepped up to the microphone to announce the prosecution for what he called "abhorrent" and "reprehensible" acts by those who "don't want to admit to the enormity of what they have done." He went on to say, "[T]he information that I have does lead me to conclude" that a crime had been committed - several Duke lacrosse players had raped a dancer. In the aftermath, Fitzgerald is the toast of the town, while Nifong was disbarred.
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CHICAGO - Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is set to go back on trial in January, but he will stand alone as a defendant this time after prosecutors dismissed all corruption charges against his brother on Thursday. S. District Court Judge James Zagel said Blagojevich's retrial will start the week of Jan. 4, but he did not set a specific date. Jurors deadlocked last week on all but one of 23 charges against the former governor and four charges against his brother.
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Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) -- Jurors weighing corruption charges against impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich include a former church choir director, a librarian who likes to knit in her spare time and a dietitian who specializes in bananas.
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CHICAGO - According to reports, a federal jury was just one vote from convicting disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich of trying to sell the appointment of President Barack Obama's old Senate seat. Jurors reported being deadlocked Tuesday on all but one of 24 charges against Blagojevich, including the most explosive of all - that he tried to sell an appointment to the Senate seat. Blagojevich was convicted on a single, less serious count of lying to federal agents.
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CHICAGO - Rod Blagojevich, the ousted Illinois governor whose three-year battle against criminal charges became a national spectacle, was sentenced to 14 years in prison Wednesday, one of the stiffest penalties imposed for corruption in a state with a history of crooked politics. Among his 18 convictions is the explosive charge that he tried to leverage his power to appoint someone to President Obama's vacated Senate seat in exchange for campaign cash or land a high-paying job.
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CHICAGO - Rod Blagojevich, the ousted Illinois governor whose three-year battle against criminal charges became a national spectacle, was sentenced to 14 years in prison Wednesday, one of the stiffest penalties imposed for corruption in a state with a history of crooked politics. Among his 18 convictions is the explosive charge that he tried to leverage his power to appoint someone to President Barack Obama's vacated Senate seat in exchange for campaign cash or land a high- paying job.
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CHICAGO - Federal prosecutors asked a judge for permission Wednesday to dismiss racketeering charges against ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich as he heads to a retrial, trying to simplify a case that deadlocked jurors in the first trial complained was too hard to follow. In the waning minutes of a pretrial status hearing, Prosecutor Reid Schar surprised courtroom observers by telling U.S. District Judge James Zagel the government wanted to streamline a case now crammed full of nearly two dozen counts. Accusations in the three charges prosecutors want dropped, he added, are duplicated in the 20 counts that would remain.
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Former Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich sidestepped the most serious charges against him Tuesday when a federal jury in Chicago found him guilty of only one of 24 charges, lying to the FBI - at least a temporary victory for the Democrat accused of trying to sell the Senate seat once held by President Obama. While the defendant hailed the split decision with his trademark bravado, juror Erik Sarnello said later that the former governor escaped a harsher fate by the slimmest of margins, with a single unnamed female juror holding out against conviction of charges related to filling the Obama Senate seat.
