William Jefferson Sentenced
[Guest post by DRJ]
Former Louisiana Democratic Congressman William Jefferson has been sentenced to 13 years in prison:
“William Jefferson, the former U.S. congressman caught with $90,000 in marked currency stuffed in his freezer, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for using his office to solicit bribes.
U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III in Alexandria, Virginia, today sentenced Jefferson, more than three months after a federal jury here found him guilty on 11 of 16 counts. He had faced as many as 20 years on each conviction.”
Jefferson is 62 so he could theoretically be in prison until he’s 75.
– DRJ
Good riddance. And Bloomberg (and the Times) both used the (D) word, albeit in the 4th paragraph.
Is parole and early release a possibility? Does the Holder Justice Dept have any influence here?
Comment by ManlyDad — 11/13/2009 @ 4:34 pm
Good point, Manly Dad. I’ve added that Jefferson is a Democratic Congressman. I don’t know whether he would be eligible for parole, but I assume he will appeal and the court may allow him to remain free while the appeal is pending.
Comment by DRJ — 11/13/2009 @ 4:40 pm
Does he still get his pension? Crapweasels, all of them.
Comment by PatriotRider — 11/13/2009 @ 5:01 pm
Riddance !!! ?
He will be re-elected once he is out of the prison.
Read about Adam Clayton Powell and the serving Congressman, Alcee Hastings.
The pathology of that segment of our electorate is not subject to logic.
Comment by Mike K — 11/13/2009 @ 5:06 pm
And don’t forget how the D.C. crowd adored cokehead mayor Marion Berry after his downfall. Or Philly mayor Street’s malfeasance to name just one other dirtbag pol. So as not to be putting down only the poor black man, what ever happened to the screwy white Ohio Congressman who did make it to prison garb?
Comment by aoibhneas — 11/13/2009 @ 6:47 pm
If you are talking about Trafficant, he recently got out and is making noises about clearing his name.
Comment by gahrie — 11/13/2009 @ 7:16 pm
Thirteen-Years:
A Congressional Term-Limit I can believe in!
Comment by AD - RtR/OS! — 11/14/2009 @ 1:26 am
Obama will pardon him.
Comment by the friendly grizzly — 11/14/2009 @ 6:03 am
I wonder if they have million dollar bars in the commissary where he’ll be serving.
Comment by daleyrocks — 11/14/2009 @ 8:33 am
The sad part is that we take it as normal that a sentence to n years makes it only “theoretically possible” that the person will be in prison for n years.
Comment by Xrlq — 11/14/2009 @ 10:34 pm