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sonias

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Mon Jan-10-11 11:38 AM
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Prosecutors seek jail time for DeLay

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Edited on Mon Jan-10-11 11:40 AM by sonias

AAS 1/10/11
Prosecutors seek jail time for DeLay

UPDATED 10:20 AM: Travis County prosecutor Gary Cobb said the state will ask for jail time for Tom DeLay.

Cobb said he is not allowed under court rules to say specifically how much jail time prosecutors would recommend.

The sentencing hearing has recessed until 11 a.m. while the defense waits for former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Illinois, to testify as a character witness.

The hearing is going faster than expected because the judge did not allow testimony from Orange businessman Peter Cloeren. Cloeren, who pleaded guilty to making illegal contributions to a congressional candidate in 1996, was expected to testify that he acted at the urging of DeLay.
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Prosecutors said DeLay has showed a “general lack of remorse” about his conviction.

I hope the judge takes into account the arrogant a-hole's lack of remorse! :grr:

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