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Posted: Sat 10:12 AM, Sep 10, 2011
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Updated: Sat 12:44 PM, Sep 10, 2011

Former Massachusetts Speaker of House Sentenced to Prison

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The former Speaker of the House in Massachusetts has been sentenced to eight years in prison for corruption and bribery.

A federal judge says Salvatore DiMasi sold his seat by steering state contracts worth more than 17 million dollars to a software firm in exchange for kickbacks.

Prosecutors say he got about 65-thousand dollars in the scheme.

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