Former Newark Mayor Gets 27-Month Sentence

[Scurrilous]

Source: NYTimes

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"After lecturing a federal prosecutor for adhering “heartlessly” to a cold version of bureaucratic justice, a federal judge on Tuesday sentenced former Mayor Sharpe James of Newark to 27 months in prison for failing to disclose his romantic relationship with a woman whom he helped to get a lucrative deal on some city-owned land.

United States District Judge William Martini also ordered Mr. James to pay a $100,000 fine.

Mr. James’s former mistress, Tamika Riley, was sentenced to 15 months in prison and ordered to pay $27,000 in restitution to the city."

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"Mr. James was convicted in April on fraud and corruption charges for illegally steering nine parcels of city-owned land to Ms. Riley between 2001 and 2005. She paid a total of $46,000 for the lots and resold them — often just weeks later — for a total of $665,000 without making any improvements to them. In addition to the fraud and corruption charges, Ms. Riley, 39, was found guilty of tax evasion and of lying about her income to collect housing subsidies."



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/30/nyregion/30james.html?hp

[robinlynne]

1. Then she should pay back 600,000 to the city. A lot of people could

use that money for foodbanks and heating fuel in the winter!

[Freddie Stubbs]

2. There is a great documntary about Cory Booker's attempt to defeat James in 2002:

http://www.marshallcurry.com/streetfight.html

[AP]

3. Street Fight (2005) -- a great documentary about James's last mayoral campaign

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457496/

[robcon]

4. How many Newark mayors in a row have been convicted?

Why do the people of Newark only elect crooks?