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Jury convicts former Illinois governor in retrial

World Jun. 28, 2011 - 06:14AM JST ( 9 )

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paulinusaJun. 28, 2011 - 07:51AM JST

He's a blowhard and a jerk. That said, I don't think he's guilty of anything, except of being a blowhard and a jerk.
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Lieberman2012Jun. 28, 2011 - 08:11AM JST

Was there ever a doubt this clown was guilty? Just one more cog in the crooked Chicago Machine. Wish we could put the rest of them behind bars.
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paulinusaJun. 28, 2011 - 08:31AM JST

"Was there ever a doubt this clown was guilty?"

The first jury acquitted him of every charge but one.
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globalwatcherJun. 28, 2011 - 10:32AM JST

The justice served to a man who talks too much.
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tajJun. 28, 2011 - 10:36AM JST

"The first jury acquitted him of every charge but one."

Well, to be more accurate, they deadlocked on all but one. I also tend to think him a jerky blowhard who probably wasn't as corrupt as all that. but my impression is solely based on his appearances on talk shows (the Daily Show in particular). These jurors, on the other hand, heard many days worth of testimony. Hours worth of tape. I trust their informed opinion more than my own uniformed one.
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BreitbartVictoriousJun. 28, 2011 - 11:39AM JST

Blago took the fall for bigger bottom-feeders.
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TriumvereJun. 28, 2011 - 07:00PM JST

Bye bye, Blago. Send the man and his lego hair to jail.
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MolenirJun. 29, 2011 - 08:54AM JST

He's a blowhard and a jerk. That said, I don't think he's guilty of anything, except of being a blowhard and a jerk.

No, pretty obvious, particularly if you listen to what he said, that he was in fact guilty. The jury did a good job. Finding him guilty of 17 count, not guilty of 1, and reaching no verdict on 2. The previous jury was unable to reach a verdict. Hence the retrial. Had they found him not guilty on most of the charges, there would have been no 2nd trial. Double jeopardy would have applied.
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BreitbartVictoriousJun. 29, 2011 - 12:53PM JST

Crooked politician? Self-admitted liar? Foul-mouthed blowhard?

Name that party !

The AP certainly isn't going to...