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Former Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives Michael Madigan was sentenced to 7 and a half years in prison Friday, as well as a $2.5 million fine. He was convicted earlier this year on conspiracy and bribery charges by a federal jury.
According to CBS Chicago, federal prosecutors wanted Madigan sentenced to around 12 and a half years and $1.5 million in fines. His Friday hearing began at around 1 p.m. and the news of his sentencing broke in the early evening.
“What I think upset this judge was no remorse,” said legal analyst Irv Miller, who added that U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey was also “outraged by the lies that this defendant told on the witness stand.”
Per the U.S. Department of Justice, 83-year-old Madigan was convicted on 10 counts for “using his official position to corruptly solicit and receive personal financial rewards for himself and his associates,” after a four-month trial. He was acquitted on counts of using interstate facilities to promote unlawful activity, two bribery counts, and an attempted extortion count.
“Each wire fraud count is punishable by a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison, while each bribery count is punishable by up to ten years,” the DOJ said in February. “The maximum for conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States and each count of using interstate facilities to promote unlawful activity is five years.”