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Harsh Sentences Don't Stop Corruption, Ex-Rep Tells 7th Circ.

By Celeste Bott (April 19, 2023, 6:30 PM EDT) -- A former Illinois state representative urged the Seventh Circuit on Wednesday to throw out his five-year bribery sentence because the district judge who handed it down based his ruling on "made up facts" and his belief that higher sentences would deter other Illinois politicians from engaging in pervasive public corruption....

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