A federal judge has sentenced former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Chicago, to 2 1/2 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to misusing $750,000 in campaign fund for personal items.
His wife and former Chicago alderwoman, Sandi Jackson, who pleaded guilty to tax fraud, was sentenced to one year.
Jackson briefly represented portions of eastern Will and Kankakee counties after the state legislature redrew the boundaries for congressional districts in 2010.
"I'm glad that he's going to jail," said former U.S. Rep. Debbie Halvorson, D-Crete, who was defeated by Jackson when she attempted to regain her seat in Congress. "Thirty months probably isn't enough.
"If you look at the sentences for [former Gov. George] Ryan and [former Gov. Rod] Blagojevich, they were much longer. What Jesse did was a lot worse. He thought he was above the law at every turn his whole career."
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