Ex-Tennessee Lawmaker Guilty of Taking Bribes
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › April 28, 2007
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Former state Sen. John Ford, a prominent member of a politically powerful family, was convicted Friday of accepting $55,000 in bribes during a statewide corruption investigation.
But the federal jury deadlocked on the more serious charge of extortion, creating a mistrial on that count. Ford was acquitted of three counts of witness intimidation.See the full content of this document
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Ex-Tennessee Lawmaker Guilty of Taking Bribes
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