Tuesday, July 21, 2015

But he's still in prison: Some Blago convictions vacated

This is not a big deal. The megalomaniac Democrat who helped destroy Illinois still has to obey the "lights out" command every night.

From ABC 7 Chicago:
An appeals court vacated five convictions and threw out the sentence of former Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday afternoon. The rest of Blagojevich's convictions were affirmed by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago.

"He's optimistic that justice will prevail eventually," said Patti Blagojevich, his wife.

The Blagojevich family and his legal team were hoping for more, calling the ruling "disappointing" and "shocking". Though the appeals court threw out five counts, they said the long-awaited decision "is not justice."
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"Most people would look at this and say 'Wow, if a quarter of his counts were reversed, and so a quarter of his sentence should be taken off' - but that's not the way that it works," said Lauren Kaeseberg, Blagojevich attorney.
No it doesn't.

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