Dianne Wilkerson sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison

NECN (AP) ^ | January 6, 2011

[Cheap_Hessian]

BOSTON (AP) - A former Massachusetts state senator convicted of corruption after being videotaped stuffing bribe money into her bra has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison.

[Cheap_Hessian]

She's a Democrat.

[icwhatudo]

No mention of party in title, subtitle, first sentence, or first paragraph...therefore its a democrat.

[nickcarraway]

She should be angry, given what happened to William Jefferson.

[irishtenor]

She’s innocent because she’s a female black democrat.

[Red_Devil 232]

[manonCANAL]

She got that same mean azz look as the first lady

[manonCANAL]

She got that same mean azz look as the first lady

[bareford101]

I truly believe it is cultural genetics... I see it a LOT

[Repeal The 17th]

She took eight cash payments in 2007 and 2008 from a witness secretly cooperating with the FBI and from undercover agents.

The money was to secure a liquor license for a nightclub and legislation to pave the way for a commercial development in Roxbury, which she represented.

She was caught on some of 150 secret audio and video recordings saying she intended to use some of the cash at Foxwoods Resort Casino and to mount a sticker campaign after she lost a fiercely contested Democratic primary in the fall of 2008, prosecutors said.

One widely disseminated FBI surveillance picture showed Wilkerson stuffing 10 $100 bills into her bra at a restaurant near the State House.

[PzLdr]

If the photo is proportionally correct, that bra could take a lot of stuffing.

[jazusamo]

Federal sentence, she’ll do at least 36 months. Sorry Dianne, no parole.

[Hoodat]

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Not only is she a Democrat, she is known (from the videotapes) as Diane Double-D Wilkerson.

[Calvin Locke]

She should be angry, given what happened to William Jefferson.

She's been convicted a number of times. Had to wear an ankle
bracelet for failure to pay income taxes.

Naturally, the voters of MA had no problem with her problematic
legal failings, and voted her in again and again.

You should check out what the senior member of the MA House
did yesterday to reinforce the corrupt behavior of its members
- honored three former speakers: two convicted felons, and
one under indictment.

[JPG]

Yep, it's that Monica Conyers look. “What you lookin’ at, Sucka?”

[SgtHooper]

Dam cracker, everything was fine until you caught me!

[Iron Munro]

More stealth reparations.

[TribalPrincess2U]

Another one bites the dust...

She should have made them put it in an envelope and taken it home to her freezer.

[ReverendJames]

Will spend the time planning her next election.

[Stormdog]

Don’t ya love it! The opening the MA State legislature always looks like a perp walk. You’re not a real pol in Massachusetts until you’ve been under federal indictment at least once.