After two convictions and nearly five years of courtroom battles, former New York State Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver is finally going to prison. Silver, whose 2018 conviction in real estate and money laundering schemes was upheld in January, was sentenced to 78 months in prison on Monday. His lawyers had sought a term of home confinement for their client, citing the risk of contracting coronavirus in prison. “I do not want Mr. Silver to die
source https://therealdeal.com/2020/07/21/sheldon-silver-gets-78-months-in-prison/
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