The former Speaker of the Massachusetts House gets 8 years in prison for steering a software contract to Cognos in exchange for a kickback of $65,000. A State House lobbyist gets 7 years. The company salesman will get less in exchange for his cooperation.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/09/10/former_house_speaker_salvatore_dimasi_sentenced_to_8_years
He is the third consecutive Mass House Speaker to be convicted of a crime.
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