Jim Black Sentenced: 5 years
63 months in a federal prison is the sentence handed down today for one of the top Democrats in North Carolina: Democrat Jim Black. That and a $50,000 fine. That's 5 years for public corruption, folks. I guess there's a little justice in world.
Oh, and there's still sentencing in state court for bribery and obstruction of justice to come when the feds are done with him. Couldn't have happened to a more appropriate fellow (but I was still pulling for the full 10-year sentence for this criminal).
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As this criminal is not so cruel like murder, for example, i think 5 years will be enough for that person. Only if he will spend these 5 years in prison...
Posted by: Flaming0 at July 13, 2007 06:14 AM (OmPxo)
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What he did may have not been physically cruel, it was still cruel. He used taxpayer cash for bribing people in order to stay in power -- and that's just the tiny part of his corruption for which he was caught...
Posted by: Ogre at July 13, 2007 09:08 AM (eS08K)
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