{"id":7976,"date":"2011-12-07T18:20:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T18:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/rod-blagojevich-sentenced-to-14-years-in-prison\/"},"modified":"2011-12-07T18:20:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-07T18:20:00","slug":"rod-blagojevich-sentenced-to-14-years-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/07\/rod-blagojevich-sentenced-to-14-years-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Rod Blagojevich Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Rod Blagojevich<\/span> <span>Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison<\/span><\/p>\n<div readability=\"39.200286123033\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/0f96120-rob-blagojevich-getty-bn.jpg\" alt=\"120_rob_blagojevich_Getty_BN\" \/><br \/>Former Illinois Governor <strong>Rod Blagojevich<\/strong> was just sentenced to 14 years in federal prison on corruption charges.<\/p>\n<p>Blago <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2011\/06\/27\/rod-blagojevich-convicted-illinois-governor-barack-obama-senate-seat-corruption-lying-fbi-bribery-extortion-conspiracy-wiretap-prison-trial\/\"><strong>was convicted<\/strong><\/a> back in June after a jury found him guilty of 17 separate felonies &#8212; including bribery and extortion &#8212; for trying to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by <strong>Barack Obama<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Blago apologized today during his sentencing hearing &#8212; claiming, &#8220;I&#8217;ve had plenty of time to reflect on all that&#8217;s happened &#8230; I&#8217;m here convicted of crimes and I am accepting of it, acknowledge it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Blago added, &#8220;I am of course unbelievably sorry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He has 90 days to turn himself in.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"continued\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2011\/12\/07\/rod-blagojevich-sentenced\/\" title=\"Rod Blagojevich Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rod Blagojevich Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Rod Blagojevich Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was just sentenced to 14 years in federal prison on corruption charges. 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