Amy Blagojevich

Ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich has arrived at the federal prison in Colorado where he will begin serving a 14-year sentence for corruption. With two of his lawyers beside him, Blagojevich arrived at the entrance to the low-security federal prison near Littleton, Colo., at about 12:50 p.m. Chicago time. He had approached the prison earlier, but then headed to a lunch spot for a final meal before he surrendered. He ordered a double patty melt, fries and a soda but didn’t finish the meal, according...Read Full Story

Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years in prison and fined $20,000 for what U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald famously referred to as a criminal corruption crime spree at the time of Blagojevich’s arrest three years ago. Patti Blagojevich buried her head in her husband’s shoulder and the two embraced. He pulled back to brush tears off her cheek and then rubbed her shoulders. Blagojevich will have to serve just under 12 years under federal rules that say defendants must complete...Read Full Story

Amy Blagojevich will have to say goodbye to her father in mid-February of next year. The daughter of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich was given the troubling news that her father was sentenced to 14 years in prison after being convicted on 18 counts of corruption. You may remember Rod Blagojevich as the disgraced politician who was caught trying to sell Obama's senate seat once he left for the Commander in Chief gig at the White House. Perhaps you better know him as one of the old...Read Full Story

All people may be equal before the law, but when a judge sentenced Rod Blagojevich to prison this week, he made clear the punishment did more than fit the crime. It fit the criminal and his august political office."The abuse of the office of governor is more damaging than the abuse of any other office except the president's," Judge James Zagel said, sentencing Blagojevich to 14 years for corruption. In doing so, the judge not only disposed of the latest scandal in a parade of misconduct that...Read Full Story

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