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Jesse Jackson Jr. Gets 30 Months in Prison
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-Congressman Jesse L. Jackson Jr., who had a promising political career, and a famous father, was sentenced Wednesday to 2 1/2 years in prison for stealing more than $750,000 in campaign money, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. “I misled the American people, I misled the House of Representatives,” Jackson, 48, said…