2-Year Sentence Upheld for Former Legislative Staffer
A federal judge has rejected a plea to reduce the sentence of Capitol corruption figure Darryl Freeman and ordered him to surrender Aug. 2 to begin serving a two-year prison term.
U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton had allowed Freeman, 46, a former legislative staffer who will turn 47 on Monday, to remain free since his 1992 sentencing, pending appeal of his conviction. A jury in October, 1991, found him guilty of conspiring and aiding in the extortion of more than $30,000 from an FBI agent. The agent, as part of a sting operation aimed at corruption in the Capitol, was posing as a businessman seeking favorable action on a bill in exchange for the money.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the jury’s finding, and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the case.
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