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Feds Urge Rowland Sentence of More Than Three Years

Connecticut Public Radio | By The Associated Press
Published December 5, 2014 at 9:19 AM EST
Mark Pazniokas
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The Connecticut Mirror

Federal prosecutors are recommending that former Connecticut Governor John Rowland spend more than three years in prison on his latest criminal conviction. 

Rowland is scheduled to be sentenced on January 7 for scheming to hide work for political campaigns. In a memo filed late Thursday, prosecutors said Rowland should spend between 37 and 46 months in prison in light of what they call his "troubling disrespect for the law."

Attorneys for the former three-time Republican governor argued in their own memo that he should spend no more than 18 months in prison because, as a twice-convicted felon, it is unlikely he will return to politics and commit new crimes.

Rowland resigned as governor in 2004 and later served 10 months in prison for taking illegal gifts while in office.
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