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George II

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Mon Sep 26, 2016, 04:21 PM Sep 2016

Ex-Gov. Rowland Reports To Prison

Source: Hartford Courant

Edmund H. Mahony Contact Reporter

September 26, 2016 2:39 PM


Former Gov. John G. Rowland was scheduled to report to prison – again – Monday and almost managed to do so without anyone noticing.

The three-term former Republican governor had until the close of business Monday to turn himself in at the federal prison complex at Otisville, N.Y., according to a variety of sources.

Rowland was to begin a two and one-half year sentence for his most recent corruption convictions. A decade ago, he served about 10 months in prison for taking bribes.

In the most recent case, a jury in federal court found him guilty of participating in a conspiracy to violate federal campaign finance reporting laws by, among other things, concocting sham consulting contracts to conceal his role as a paid employee of congressional campaigns by Mark Greenberg and Lisa Wilson-Foley.

Read more: http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-rowland-prison-0927-20160926-story.html



It's about time - he's been appealing this for over two years.

This is his second conviction and second prison sentence. This prison stay won't be as "cushy" as the previous one.

Here's his wikipedia page* laying out all the sordid details of his criminal behavior:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_G._Rowland

*this should be edited showing his current residence not as West Hartford, Connecticut, but Federal Prison in Otisville, NY.
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Ex-Gov. Rowland Reports To Prison (Original Post) George II Sep 2016 OP
Any word on whether or not it's a bunkbed cell? ffr Sep 2016 #1
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