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Former Connecticut Governor John Rowland's Conviction Upheld

Connecticut Public Radio | By The Associated Press
Published June 17, 2016 at 11:48 AM EDT
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A federal appeals court has upheld the political corruption conviction of former Connecticut Governor John Rowland.

A three-judge panel of the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City rejected Rowland's appeal Friday.

Rowland was sentenced to a two-year prison term last year following his conviction on a charge of conspiring to disguise work he did on a failed 2012 congressional campaign. He is free on bail.

His attorney, Andrew Fish, said the government withheld evidence that would have benefited the defense and has misapplied a federal law. Fish didn't immediately return messages Friday.

Prosecutors denied those charges and argued the conviction should stand.

Rowland resigned from office in 2004 amid a corruption scandal and served 10 months in prison for taking illegal gifts.
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