Prosecutors Seek 4 Years For Former GOP Guv Who Refuses To 'Play It Straight'
Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — When former Connecticut Gov. John Rowland is sentenced for a second time, federal prosecutors are expected to urge a judge to impose a nearly four-year prison term that they said would "finally and fully" address Rowland's "troubling personal history."
Rowland's lawyers, meanwhile, insist he should never have faced criminal charges and are expected to appeal the convictions. They have said in court documents that Rowland's "exemplary character" should be acknowledged and any sentence should be below the federal guideline range of 18 to 24 months in prison.
A federal jury in New Haven convicted Rowland in September for conspiring to hide payment for work on two congressional campaigns. His sentencing Wednesday will come 10 years to the day that he was sentenced to a year and a day in prison for accepting illegal gifts while in office, including trips and improvements to his lakeside cottage.
Prosecutors said Rowland was paid $35,000 to work on the failed 2012 campaign of Republican congressional candidate Lisa Wilson-Foley and hid the payments through a consulting contract with a business owned by her husband, Brian Foley. They say he tried to strike a similar deal in 2010 with another failed GOP congressional candidate, Mark Greenberg.
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