May 3, 2016

Ex-N.Y. Legislative Leader Silver Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, for decades one of the state's most powerful politicians, was sentenced on Tuesday to 12 years in prison for collecting millions of dollars in illegal kickbacks.

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