Ex-state senator receives 5 1/2 years
From Times Wire Reports
Former state Sen. John Ford, once among the state’s most powerful lawmakers, was sentenced in Memphis to 5 1/2 years in prison for bribery.
Ford, 65, was convicted in April of taking $55,000 in bribes from FBI agents posing as dishonest businessmen representing a company called E-Cycle Management.
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