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- #$' August 24, 1981NATIONAbscam's Toll
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- Six pols are prison bound
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- A defense lawyer decried the "mass condemnation proceedings,"
- but New York Federal District Court Judge George Pratt was
- unmoved. Pratt ordered jail terms for six former elected
- officials convicted of bribery and conspiracy, the first
- sentences handed down in the Justice Department's Abscam
- operation.
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- Four are former U.S. Representatives; Frank Thompson, 63, of
- New Jersey, might avoid jail because of a heart condition:
- final sentencing will await medical test results. The three
- other ex-Congressmen were each given $20,000 fines, and
- multiple prison terms to be served concurrently. New York's
- John Murphy, 55, received a three-year and two-year terms.
- Michael Myers, 38, was given three three-year terms, and fellow
- Philadelphian Raymond Lederer, 43, racked up three terms of
- three years and another of two years.
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- Two officials who shared in the spoils were also punished.
- Philadelphia City Councilman Louis Johanson, 52, received the
- same sentence as Myers. Because of his extensive involvement,
- New Jersey State Senator Angelo Errichetti received the
- harshest sentence: one six-year term, two five-year terms and
- $40,000 in fines. Under parole guidelines, each of the six must
- serve at least 14 months. All plan to appeal.
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