Expecting Different Outcomes from Same ...
POLITICIANS IN PRISON
Isn't it time to stop so much corruption. We can not expect different outcomes from the same system. What do we have to lose anyway? A new life for everybody with everybody's participation. I have heard that a spark of light can lighten a whole place. This is my try, so simple as copying and posting. Hilary Clinton was fined once $450.000 other time $50.000 I don't remember where I read it from nor why, and can't spend more time searching.
Former Illinois U.S. Rep. JESSE JACKSON JR. began serving a 2½-year prison term in October 2013 for misusing campaign funds. (Associated Press)
Former Illinois Gov. GEORGE RYAN served nearly six years for a 2006 conviction of racketeering, conspiracy, tax fraud and making false statements to the FBI. (Associated Press)
Former New Orleans Mayor RAY NAGIN was sentenced to 10 years in prison in July 2014 for bribery, money laundering, fraud and tax violations stemming from his two terms as New Orleans' mayor from 2002-2010. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
Former Illinois Gov. ROD BLAGOJEVICH is currently serving a 14-year prison sentence for political corruption — including for seeking to sell or trade an appointment to President Obama's vacated U.S. Senate seat in exchange for campaign contributions or a well-paying job. (Associated Press)
Former Detroit Mayor KWAME KILPATRICK sentenced to 28 years in prison for corruption in 2013. (Associated Press)
Former U.S. Rep. WILLIAM JEFFERSON of Louisiana began serving in 2012 a 13-year sentence for his convictions on corruption charges. (Associated Press)
Former Louisiana Gov. EDWIN EDWARDS was released from prison in 2011 after serving eight years for a felony racketeering conviction arising from the licensing of riverboat casinos in his fourth term. (Associated Press)
Former D.C. Mayor MARRION BARRY served six months in federal prison for a 1990 drug conviction after a high-profile sting operation by the FBI and city police. He died in 2014. (Associated Press)
Former Connecticut Gov. JOHN ROWLAND served a year in federal prison after pleading guilty in 2004 to a corruption-related charge. (Associated Press)
Former Rep. JAMES TRAFICANT of Ohio was convicted in 2002 of accepting bribes from businessmen and taking kickbacks from staff members. He served seven years before his release in 2009. (Associated Press)
