Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D.) was sentenced to seven years in prison Friday.
Silver initially received a 12-year sentence after being convicted in the case in 2015, but that conviction was overturned by an appeals court, NBC News reports.
This spring, a jury found him guilty once again of taking nearly $4 million in return for legislative favors.
Silver directed grants to a cancer researcher who then referred patients to Silver's personal injury law firm, enriching him in the process.
http://freebeacon.com/politics/former-new-york-state-assembly-speaker-receives-seven-year-prison-sentence/
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