A former New York State Senator, Carl Kruger, pled guilty before Federal District Court Judge Jed Rakof to accepting $1 million in bribes. Despite pleas for a lighter sentence, the Judge said, " once corruption takes hold, democracy becomes a charade". A co-defendant, Dr. Michael Turano, received a 2 year sentence for lesser bribes but should go to prison "because he did help to corrupt our government". Judge Rakof is a very active Judge and has been deeply involved in important inside trading cases.
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