Former governor Rod Blagojevich, shown arriving at his home in Chicago yesterday after the sentencing hearing, had adamantly maintained his innocence through two trials.
(John Gress/reuters)
Blagojevich’s lawyers admit he was guilty of corruption
Call prosecutors’ requested term in prison too harsh
Former governor Rod Blagojevich, shown arriving at his home in Chicago yesterday after the sentencing hearing, had adamantly maintained his innocence through two trials.
(John Gress/reuters)
Rod Blagojevich’s attorneys admitted yesterday for the first time that the former Illinois governor is guilty of corruption, saying at his sentencing hearing that he accepts the verdicts against him but the prison term requested by prosecutors is too harsh. Those comments are in stark contrast to Blagojevich’s public statements, in which he adamantly maintained his innocence through two trials since his arrest three years ago.
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