Judge has many options in sentencing ex-Rep. DeLay

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What was the delay in posting this story? I thought it would have landed on FOs by now....

Basically the crook funneled national G:clowner money to local Texas G:clowner candidates who then gerrymandered districts to elect more national G:clowners (among other Premium Link Upgrade ). FRY HIM!! (Or at least throw a Texas textbook at him):dunno:

AUSTIN, Texas – Former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay argued throughout his trial that the deck was stacked against him by a politically motivated prosecutor and a jury from the most Democratic city in one of the most Republican states.

But following DeLay's conviction Wednesday on money laundering and conspiracy charges, some legal experts say the edge may now shift to the Republican who represented a conservative Houston suburb for 22 years.

Before DeLay's inevitable appeal, which his lawyers predict will be a far friendlier process than his trial, he faces sentencing next month from Senior Judge Pat Priest. While technically the money laundering charge carries a punishment of up to life in prison, the judge has wide latitude and could end up just giving him probation.

"It is absolutely impossible he would get anywhere near life," said Philip Hilder, a Houston criminal defense attorney and former federal prosecutor. "It would be a period of a few years, if he gets prison."

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