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Rep. Jefferson Gets a Record 13-Year Sentence on Fri. the 13th for Public Corruption
By Allan Lengel For Sphere (A New AOL News Website) ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Former Rep. William Jefferson, the first African-American to win a Congressional seat in Louisiana since Reconstruction, took on the added distinction Friday of receiving the harshest sentence ever given to a member of Congress for a public corruption conviction. U.S. District Judge…