WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson deserves a severe and lengthy prison sentence for orchestrating "one of the most egregious and notorious" corruption schemes in state history, federal prosecutors said.
A memorandum filed this week ahead of Johnson's Dec. 6 sentencing hearing details Johnson's role in a pay-to-play culture of government, describing how he routinely shook down developers and business owners for between $400,000 and $1 million in bribes.
"Jack Johnson's venality adversely affected everyone who lived, worked and tried to do business in Prince George's County," prosecutors wrote in the 76-page memo. "During his eight-year tenure as the county's leader, Jack Johnson criminally and shamelessly flouted the public trust and abused his lawful authority."
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He needs to get 20+. When I moved to PG County, I heard one thing from the locals, call him "Crooked Jack Johnson". Both he and his wife need to sit behind bars for many years.
ReplyDeleteBoth he and his wife need to sit behind bars for many years.
ReplyDeleteNovember 23, 2011 4:02 PM
But they won't. It's the white man's fault. The state will let them go with an apology for disturbing them.