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Former Governor's Sentencing Begins Today

It will take two days and end with Rod Blagojevich knowing how long he'll be heading to prison.  The former Illinois governor will begin his sentencing hearing in Chicago this morning.  The judge in the case says he expects the sentencing proceedings to take two days.  Federal prosecutors have said they want a sentence between 15 and 20 years.  Blagojevich's lawyers want probation.  The former governor was convicted of corruption for trying to sell President Obama's U.S. Senate seat from Illinois.

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