Ex-Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. Sentenced to 2.5 Years in
Prison  His wife, Sandra, was sentenced to one year in prison
for filing false tax returns.  Posted: 08/14/2013 01:00 PM EDT
Former congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. was sentenced to 30 months
in prison, followed by 36 months of supervised release, after
pleading guilty to the misuse of $750,000 in campaign funds. His
wife Sandi, a former Chicago alderman, received a one-year
sentence and a period of supervised release for an additional
year.  "The fall from grace is complete for my client," attorney
Reid Weingarten told reporters after a nearly five-hour
sentencing hearing. "Jesse Jackson went from an enormously
respected, charismatic long-term member of Congress to a
convicted felon who's about to be incarcerated. So it's a day of
deep sadness."  Weingarten pronounced the sentence rendered as
fair and applauded Judge Amy Berman Jackson for being
extraordinarily thoughtful during every aspect of the procedure.
As a result of her thoughtfulness, he said,