'I've made terrible mistakes': Wife's 涙/ほころびs as 不名誉d Illinois 知事 棒 Blagojevich is 宣告,判決d to 14 years in 刑務所,拘置所


棒 Blagojevich, the 追い出すd Illinois 知事 whose three-year 戦う/戦い against 犯罪の 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金s became a 国家の spectacle, was 宣告,判決d to 14 years in 刑務所,拘置所 Wednesday, one of the stiffest 刑罰,罰則s 課すd for 汚職 in a 明言する/公表する with a history of crooked politics.

Blagojevich's 18 有罪の判決s 含むd 主張s of trying to てこ入れ/借入資本 his 力/強力にする to 任命する someone to 大統領 Barack Obama's vacated 上院 seat to raise (選挙などの)運動をする cash or land a high-支払う/賃金ing 職業.

The twice-elected 民主党員 is now the second former Illinois 知事 in a 列/漕ぐ/騒動 to be 宣告,判決d to 刑務所,拘置所, and the fourth Illinois 知事 in the last four 10年間s. His 共和国の/共和党の 前任者, George Ryan, 現在/一般に is serving a 宣告,判決 of 6 1/2 years, also for 汚職.

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, seen here leaving court and facing a bank of reporters on Wednesday, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison after a three year legal ordeal

Former Illinois 知事 棒 Blagojevich, seen here leaving 法廷,裁判所 and 直面するing a bank of reporters on Wednesday, has been 宣告,判決d to 14 years in 刑務所,拘置所 after a three year 合法的な ordeal

Blagojevich wife Patti, a constant fixture by his side, cried after the sentence. He becomes the fourth of the last nine Illinois governors to be sentenced to prison

Blagojevich wife Patti, a constant fixture by his 味方する, cried after the 宣告,判決. He becomes the fourth of the last nine Illinois 知事s to be 宣告,判決d to 刑務所,拘置所

Blagojevich had told the 裁判官 that he made 'terrible mistakes' and 定評のある that he broke the 法律 when he tried to sell an 任命 to the 上院 seat.

Blagojevich's 弁護士/代理人/検事s 認める for the first time Tuesday that he is 有罪の of 汚職 and 受託するs the 判決s against him, but said the 宣告,判決 of 15 to 20 years 検察官,検事s 手配中の,お尋ね者 was too 厳しい.

The 弁護 also 現在のd 深く心に感じた 控訴,上告s from Blagojevich's family, 含むing letters from his wife Patti and one of his two daughters that pleaded for mercy.

But the 裁判官 made it (疑いを)晴らす 早期に in the 審理,公聴会 that he believed that Blagojevich had lied on the 証人席 when he tried to explain his 計画/陰謀ing for the 上院 seat, and he did not believe 弁護 suggestions that the former 知事 was duped by his 助言者s.

Free pending appeal, Blagojevich spent time shaking hands of supporters who had fathered outside his home

解放する/自由な 未解決の 控訴,上告, Blagojevich spent time shaking 手渡すs of 支持者s who had fathered outside his home

One supporter brought a copy of his 2009 memoir The Governor for him to sign, which he handily held up for photographers

One 支持者 brought a copy of his 2009 memoir The 知事 for him to 調印する, which he handily held up for photographers

It is 高度に ありそうもない the 54-year-old will be taken すぐに into 保護/拘留. In white-collar 事例/患者s, 罪人/有罪を宣告するd felons are usually given at least a few weeks to 報告(する)/憶測 to 刑務所,拘置所 while 連邦の 当局 select a suitable 施設.

Blagojevich is 推定する/予想するd to 控訴,上告 his 有罪の判決, but it is ありそうもない to 影響する/感情 when he 報告(する)/憶測s to 刑務所,拘置所.

Going into the 宣告,判決ing, many 合法的な 専門家s said the 知事 ― who became a 国家の punch line while doing several reality TV 外見s while his 合法的な 事例/患者 広げるd ― was likely to get around 10 years.

A former Blagojevich fundraiser, Tony Rezko, recently was 宣告,判決d to 10 1/2 years, minus time served, and many were 確信して the 知事 would get more.

Blagojevich's attorneys admitted for the first time on Tuesday that he is guilty of corruption and accepts the verdicts against him, but said the sentence of 15 to 20 years prosecutors wanted was too harsh

Blagojevich's 弁護士/代理人/検事s 認める for the first time on Tuesday that he is 有罪の of 汚職 and 受託するs the 判決s against him, but said the 宣告,判決 of 15 to 20 years 検察官,検事s 手配中の,お尋ね者 was too 厳しい

検察官,検事s have said Blagojevich misused the 力/強力にする of his office 'from the very moment he became 知事.' He was 最初 elected in 2002 on a 壇・綱領・公約 of きれいにする up Illinois politics in the 中央 of 連邦の 調査s that led to the 起訴 and 有罪の判決 of Ryan.

Blagojevich could end up in the same prison as fellow former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, who is now serving 6.5 years for corruption

Blagojevich could 結局最後にはーなる in the same 刑務所,拘置所 as fellow former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, who is now serving 6.5 years for 汚職

'Blagojevich engaged in 広範囲にわたる 犯罪の 行為/行う with and without Rezko, 供給するd no 協調, perjured himself for seven days on the 証人席, and has 受託するd no 責任/義務 for his 犯罪の 行為/行う,' 検察官,検事s said.

And they said Blagojevich, who (選挙などの)運動をするd as a 改革者, was 'acutely aware of the 損失' Ryan had created.

弁護 弁護士/代理人/検事s have said he has already paid a price in public ridicule and 財政上の 廃虚, and 提案する a 称する,呼ぶ/期間/用語 of just a few years.

Blagojevich's 宣告,判決ing (機の)カム just days before his 55th birthday on Saturday, and nearly three years to the day of his 逮捕(する) at 夜明け on Dec. 9, 2008, when the startled 知事 asked one 連邦の スパイ/執行官, 'Is this a joke?'

In a 明言する/公表する where 汚職 has been commonplace, images of Blagojevich 存在 led away in 手錠s still (機の)カム as a shock.

It took two 裁判,公判s for 検察官,検事s to snare Blagojevich on 広範囲にわたる 汚職 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金s. His first ended 行き詰まるd with 賠審員s agreeing on just one of 24 counts ― that Blagojevich lied to the 連邦検察局. 賠審員s at his retrial 罪人/有罪を宣告するd him on 17 of 20 counts, 含むing 贈収賄 and 試みる/企てるd ゆすり,強要.

連邦検察局 wiretap 証拠 証明するd 決定的な. In the most 悪名高い 記録,記録的な/記録するing, Blagojevich is heard crowing that his chance to 指名する someone to Obama's seat was 'f---ing golden' and he wouldn't let it go 'for f---ing nothing.'

Wife Patti, daughter Annie, seen holding her mother's hand in 2010, and daughter Amy, seen in the back, wrote letters to the judge pleading for leniency. The ex governor joked if he goes to prison they can get a new puppy and name him 'daddy'

Wife Patti, daughter Annie, seen 持つ/拘留するing her mother's 手渡す in 2010, and daughter Amy, seen in the 支援する, wrote letters to the 裁判官 pleading for leniency. The ex 知事 joked if he goes to 刑務所,拘置所 they can get a new puppy and 指名する him 'daddy'

Blagojevich 明確に dreaded the idea of 刑務所,拘置所 time. Asked in an interview before his retrial about whether he dwelled on that prospect, he answered: 'No. I don't let myself g o there.'

In the same interview, Blagojevich also explained that the family dog Skittles was bought after his 逮捕(する) in to help his school-age daughters, Amy and Annie, 対処する with the 強調する/ストレス of his 合法的な troubles.

He said he joked with them that, 'If the worst happens (and I go to 刑務所,拘置所), you can get another dog and call him 'daddy.''

While Blagojevich will likely 結局最後にはーなる at a 極小の 安全 刑務所,拘置所, he'll be 大部分は 削減(する) off from the outside world. Visits by family are 厳密に 限られた/立憲的な, Blagojevich will have to 株 a 独房 with other inmates and he must work an eight-hour-a-day menial 職業 ― かもしれない scrubbing 洗面所s or mopping 床に打ち倒すs ― at just 12 cents an hour.

Most of the 刑務所,拘置所s where Blagojevich could 結局最後にはーなる are outside Illinois. One is in Terre Haute, Indina, where Ryan is serving his own 宣告,判決.

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