Imprisoned Blagojevich awaits Obama decision on commutation
Source: AP
CHICAGO One of the last chances for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to win early release from federal prison rests on a pending decision by the man whose Senate seat Blagojevich was convicted of trying to sell President Barack Obama.
Blagojevich, 60, is in the fourth year of a 14-year prison term. He recently submitted a request to have his sentence on wide-ranging corruption convictions commuted, the U.S. Department of Justice has confirmed.
Obama has rarely mentioned his fellow Chicago Democrat since Blagojevich's December 2008 arrest, a month after Obama won the presidency, so it's hard to gauge if he'd give Blagojevich's request for a reduced sentence serious thought.
A look at the commutation process and factors that could influence a decision:
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Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)catchnrelease
(1,945 posts)Don Siegelman and Leonard Peltier are still in jail and this scumbag wants out? No way!
Brother Buzz
(36,407 posts)dembotoz
(16,796 posts)Some, perhaps more than a few more worthy.
But what the hell, give it a shot.
Nothing to lose
Kuhl
(30 posts)Do your time...
cstanleytech
(26,273 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)zippythepinhead
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bucolic_frolic
(43,113 posts)trying to sell a Senate seat and buying the presidency with Citizen United
funding is what, exactly?
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)Let him rot.