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Rod Blagojevich convictions vacated on 5 counts; Not eligible for release during re-trial
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| Last Edited | RP Jul 22, 2015 10:41am |
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| Category | Legal Ruling |
| News Date | Wednesday, July 22, 2015 04:50:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | An appeals court vacated five convictions and threw out the sentence of former Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday afternoon. The rest of Blagojevich's convictions were affirmed by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago.
Blagojevich was convicted on 18 corruption counts over two trials. The five vacated counts involve Blagojevich's attempt to sell an appointment to President Barack Obama's old Senate seat for campaign money or a job.
The vacated counts are:
-Counts 5, 6 wire fraud;
-Count 21, extortion conspiracy;
-Count 22, attempted extortion;
-and Count 23, bribery conspiracy. |
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