Here
is a list of few convicted USA politicians and public servants.
Former
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is currently serving a 14-year prison sentence
for political corruption
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Former Illinois U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.
began serving a 2½-year prison term in October 2013 for misusing campaign funds.
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Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan served nearly
six years for a 2006 conviction of racketeering, conspiracy, tax fraud and making false statements to the
FBI.
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Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was
sentenced to 10 years in prison in July 2014 for bribery, money laundering, fraud and tax violations stemming
from his two terms as New Orleans' mayor from 2002-2010
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Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was
sentenced to 28 years in prison for corruption in 2013
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Former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson of
Louisiana began serving in 2012 a 13-year sentence for his convictions on corruption charges
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Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards was
released from prison in 2011 after serving eight years for a felony racketeering conviction arising from the
licensing of riverboat casinos in his fourth term
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Former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry served six
months in federal prison for a 1990 drug conviction after a high-profile sting operation by the FBI and city
police. He died in 2014.
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Former Connecticut Gov. John Rowland served a
year in federal prison after pleading guilty in 2004 to a corruption-related charge
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