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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Tue May 3, 2016, 04:07 PM May 2016

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Sheldon Silver is going to be a guest of the federal government.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/04/nyregion/sheldon-silver-ex-new-york-assembly-speaker-gets-12-year-prison-sentence.html?_r=0

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Sheldon Silver is going to be a guest of the federal government. (Original Post) hrmjustin May 2016 OP

Not bad BeyondGeography May 2016 #1

He's 72. 12 years is a long time in prison. Jim__ May 2016 #2

Even with good behavior djg21 May 2016 #3

BeyondGeography

(39,374 posts)

1. Not bad

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Tue May 3, 2016, 04:14 PM

May 2016

Certainly anything less would have been a sad joke.

Jim__

(14,077 posts)

2. He's 72. 12 years is a long time in prison.

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Tue May 3, 2016, 05:32 PM

May 2016

I doubt he can serve out his term.

djg21

(1,803 posts)

3. Even with good behavior

Reply to Jim__ (Reply #2)

Wed May 4, 2016, 10:32 PM

May 2016

Silver will have to serve over 85% of his sentence, or over 10 years. He likely will die in prison.

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