*Earlier we reported that former Illinois congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. was sentenced to prison. His wife, former Chicago alderman Sandi Jackson was also sentenced Wednesday. She received a one year term for filing false joint federal income tax returns that understated the income the couple received. Sandra Jackson admitted in a guilty plea earlier […]
CHICAGO — A federal judge on Monday postponed the sentencing hearing for former Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, noting it was being done to “accommodate the court” and not at the request of the couple’s attorneys or the prosecution. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington, D.C., posted a brief note […]