Jack Johnson
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Senate urges Obama to pardon boxer Jack Johnson
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Late Wednesday, the Senate voted to urge President Barack Obama to pardon posthumously the first black heavyweight boxing champion, Jack Johnson, who was convicted a century ago of accompanying a white woman across state lines.
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Karl Granzow sentenced to 18 months
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Karl Granzow, 47, admitted to partnering with Prince George's County developers to bribe public officials for development favors related to the Greenbelt Station development project.
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James Johnson sentenced in Prince George's County corruption scheme
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In pleading guilty, James Johnson admitted to accepting tens of thousands of dollars in bribes in connection to the corruption scandal that brought down former county executive Jack Johnson.
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Prosecutors want Leslie Johnson to pay $15K fine
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Prosecutors are asking that the wife of former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson to pay a $15,000 fine in full before she reports to prison next month.
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Jack Johnson begins serving prison term
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Former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson has begun serving prison time for extorting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from developers and accepting assorted gifts
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Prosecutors want Jack Johnson to pay fine before prison
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Prosecutors say former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson has the money to pay a $100,000 fine related to his extortion conviction before he heads to prison.
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Jack Johnson prison sentence delayed by two weeks
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The disgraced ex-Prince George's County Executive, who was sentenced to more than seven years in prison in December, was supposed to turn himself in on Friday, but officials have not finalized plans on where to send him.
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Amrik Melhi, liquor store owner, sentenced in corruption scheme
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Fifty-two-year-old Amrik Melhi was sentenced Tuesday to three years and 10 months in prison. He pleaded guilty in June to conspiring to transport and distribute untaxed alcoholic beverages.
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Jack Johnson collects $50K from pension despite conviction
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Due to a loophole in Maryland law, former Prince George's County executive Jack Johnson will collect nearly a nearly $50,000 pension.
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Jack Johnson pension: Should convicted public servants get a pension? (Poll)
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ABC7 learned Tuesday night that despite his conviction and jail sentence, Jack Johnson is still eligible to get his pension from Prince George's County. Should convicted public servants get their pensions? Take our poll.
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Leslie Johnson sentenced to one year, one day in prison
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A chapter in Prince George’s County tale of corruption came to a close Friday when former county councilwoman Leslie Johnson was sentenced to a little more than a year in prison.
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Leslie Johnson, wife of Jack Johnson, to be sentenced
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The wife of a former Maryland county executive is being sentenced for her role in obstructing an investigation into her husband's corruption.
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Jack Johnson sentenced to more than 7 years
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Jack Johnson’s fall from Prince George’s County Executive to felon was complete Tuesday after a judge sentenced him to a little over seven years in prison.
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Jack Johnson facing sentencing Tuesday
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Johnson's defense said that sending him to prison would be a death sentence because Johnson had developed Parkinson's disease.
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Jack Johnson timeline: Events leading up to Tuesday's sentencing
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It has been more than a year since Jack and Leslie Johnson were arrested. Now, on the former county executive's sentencing day, here's a look back at how we got to where we are in regards to both of them.
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WATCH: Jack Johnson caught in the act
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See surveillance video of former Prince George’s County Executive Jack Johnson holding alleged bribe money.
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HEAR: Leslie Johnson, Jack Johnson on wiretap
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Johnson pleaded guilty in June to destroying evidence in a federal corruption probe that also ensnared her husband, former County Executive Jack Johnson.
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Council, County Executive Baker urge Leslie Johnson to leave seat now
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Leslie Johnson has resigned from the Prince George's County Council, after pleading guilty to destroying evidence in a federal corruption probe.
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