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Rezko Gets Ten-Year Sentence

 A former fundraiser and ally of former Governor Rod Blagojevich is going to spend seven more years behind bars.  A judge handed Tony Rezko a ten-and-a-half-year sentence yesterday.  Political Scientist Kent Redfield says crimes of corruption are not isolated events in Illinois.

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Redfield says Rezko's sentence sends a strong message that corruption will not be tolerated in the state.   Rezko is one of several convicted of schemes connected to the former governor.  He was found guilty in 2008 on 16 counts of bribery, money laundering and fraud.

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