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Staff and Tribune wire services
12:50 p.m. CDT, March 15, 2012
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-blago-leaves-home-for-colorado-prison-20120315,0,4898824.story
Ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich has arrived at the federal prison in Colorado where he will begin serving a 14-year sentence for corruption.
With two of his lawyers beside him, Blagojevich walked into the low-security federal prison near Littleton, Colo., at about 12:50 p.m. Chicago time.
He had approached the prison earlier, but then headed to a lunch spot for a final meal before he surrendered. He ordered a double patty melt, fries and a soda but didnt finish the meal, according to Josh Andreakos, general manager of Freddys Frozen Custard & Steakburgers.
In what has become a familiar scene in the three years since Blagojevich was taken out of his home in handcuffs by federal agents, the former governor had bounded down the stairs of his Ravenswood Manor home hours earlier as cameramen, photographers and reporters crushed around him and well-wishers shouted encouragement.
russspeakeasy
(6,539 posts)tridim
(45,358 posts)russspeakeasy
(6,539 posts)sentence.....
Brother Buzz
(36,498 posts)I guess Obama could pardon him when he leaves office, but he's there for the whole stretch unless paroles are reintroduced.
tammywammy
(26,582 posts)According to the article:
anti-alec
(420 posts)From my experience - for every 'good' day they get one day off from their sentence for good behavior.
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You hear weird stuff all the time.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)He's 55, only about a year younger than me. If he serves the whole sentence, he'll be damn near 70 when he gets out.
That's gotta be tough, to be middle-aged or older in prison, when you have never learned how to deal with that experience as a younger man.
onethatcares
(16,206 posts)how money talks in our judicial system. Now, when does Tom Delay begin his sentence?
Logical
(22,457 posts)Raine
(30,541 posts)he shouldn't be in for that long, hopefully it can be reduced.