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Rod Blagojevich’s lawyer has notified a federal court that the imprisoned former Illinois governor plans to appeal his 14-year sentence for corruption imposed at a resentencing earlier this month.

Leonard Goodman filed the brief notice with U.S. District Court in Chicago Tuesday informing sentencing Judge James Zagel that the 59-year-old Democrat will appeal to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Aug 23, 16 @ 1:17 pm

Comments

You know at some point don’t prison sentences feel like they are arbitrary and ridiculous anyway?

Comment by Delimma Tuesday, Aug 23, 16 @ 1:26 pm
This keeps him in the news and in the public eye which seems to be an important aspect of his pathology.

Comment by Responsa Tuesday, Aug 23, 16 @ 1:28 pm
its not like he has much else to do the next 10 years

Comment by Not Rich Tuesday, Aug 23, 16 @ 1:32 pm
The sentence was too harsh in the first place. Jesse Jr. got a year and a half for stealing $750,000 from his campaign fund. Rod never took a dime or profited. it was just a stupid talk. no over act was taken by Rod to criminalize his action. he doesnt deserve a 14 years sentence

Comment by st Tuesday, Aug 23, 16 @ 1:38 pm
Unfortunate that he wasn’t this energetic about governing.

Comment by Illinoised Tuesday, Aug 23, 16 @ 1:43 pm
st.. Jesse took a deal, acknowledged his actions, and didn’t dare the U S Government and the Judge to “man up”.. Rod and his big mouth got what was in line with the guidelines..

Comment by Not Rich Tuesday, Aug 23, 16 @ 1:51 pm
He should appeal. Zagel’s got it out for him. That’s obvious even to the most ardent Blago hater.

Comment by Winnin' Tuesday, Aug 23, 16 @ 1:53 pm
He is a weasel who is convinced that he can dominate society’s systems and win once again.

He thought he got to the top in Illinois through his own machinations, so he is certain that he could do it again.

Comment by VanillaMan Tuesday, Aug 23, 16 @ 1:55 pm
blago - they’re mean and 14 years in prison is too much. It’s not fair that my daughters are growing up without me.

My question is how is rod and patty paying his legal fees, paying everyday expenses like food, utilities, mortgage, paying for the visits to Colorado? Ither than her parents, I find it difficult to believe that anybody would be supporting them.

Comment by Huh? Tuesday, Aug 23, 16 @ 2:03 pm
If he had only admitted his mistakes and taken responsibility for them, he would probably be close to getting out by now.

Comment by Just Me Tuesday, Aug 23, 16 @ 2:04 pm
People get so hung-up on Rod Blagojevich’s attempts to personally profit by shaking down a children’s hospital and selling a United States Senate seat that they forget all the good that he did while Governor of Illinois such as… uhh… for example… okay, gimmie a minute… like…

– MrJM

Comment by @MisterJayEm Tuesday, Aug 23, 16 @ 2:05 pm
Leggo my Blago.

Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Aug 23, 16 @ 2:26 pm
Blagojevich did not get it 7 1/2 years ago and he still does not get.

Comment by The Professor Tuesday, Aug 23, 16 @ 2:35 pm
Gov. Blago did allow kids to stay on their parents insurance until turning 26 long before the affordable care act required it. You can agree or disagree with the decision, but in our case it was great to keep our son on our insurance as long as we could. He graduated from college and had a job, however, our insurance was much better. This law also took the pressure off a student having to remain full time in college to stay on a parents plan.

Comment by facts are stubborn things Tuesday, Aug 23, 16 @ 2:37 pm
His sentence was outrageous to begin with. Both the prosecutors and Zagel were vindictive. A much shorter sentence was warranted. I honestly hope president Obama can find it in his soul to commute the sentence, though I think it highly unlikely

Comment by Steve Schnorf Tuesday, Aug 23, 16 @ 2:51 pm
He is doing the time given because his personality is so repulsive to the millions screwed by him as so-called governor. He has much the same narcissistic, juvenile, weasely self-regard that makes a case for leniency near impossible.

Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Aug 23, 16 @ 2:59 pm
Both the sentence he originally got and the one he just got were within the court’s discretion according to federal sentencing guidelines, so he’s got a very tough burden to show that either one was excessively harsh. As I think Zagel said at the most recent sentencing, the maximum would have been over another 100 months more (the feds count in months, not years).

Comment by Ron Burgundy Tuesday, Aug 23, 16 @ 3:05 pm
I wonder if Goodman is doing this pro bono.

The legal fees so far must be over a million.

It is hard to believe that the Blagojevich family has that much cash lying around.

Comment by Gooner Tuesday, Aug 23, 16 @ 3:52 pm
His sentence was earned…live it!

Comment by flea Tuesday, Aug 23, 16 @ 4:36 pm
=That’s obvious even to the most ardent Blago hater.= That’s funny but I just don’t see it.

Comment by Bogey Golfer Tuesday, Aug 23, 16 @ 4:42 pm
I’d appeal it too. No methodology to Zagel’s sentence. I explained that in a previous post.

And Rod did do some good things for the State. Heck he was the first to tackle the pension abuses by school districts with end of career raises. There’s more but I’m not going to catalog it. (And yes he did bad things)

Comment by Original Rambler Tuesday, Aug 23, 16 @ 4:42 pm
blogo broke the law but so did Clinton and oboma is there a double standard?

Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Aug 23, 16 @ 4:56 pm
Anonymous. I love these statements. What laws did Clinton and Obama break?

Comment by Denisquared Tuesday, Aug 23, 16 @ 5:16 pm
Blags is a fool, bit the sentence is outrageous and a complete waste of taxpayer money.

Comment by Ron Tuesday, Aug 23, 16 @ 5:40 pm
=His sentence was outrageous to begin with. Both the prosecutors and Zagel were vindictive. A much shorter sentence was warranted. I honestly hope president Obama can find it in his soul to commute the sentence, though I think it highly unlikely=

Federal sentencing guidelines called for a minimum of 30 years. Rod got less than half of that. Furthermore, the appellate court detailed how the sentence (even with dismissed counts) was not unreasonable even going as far as stating that Zagel showed more leniency than required. Finally they characterized the evidence as “overwhelming”.

Given all that, the notion that this was all somehow vindictive on the part of the prosecutor or Zagel rings hollow with me.

Comment by pundent Tuesday, Aug 23, 16 @ 6:42 pm
@Steve Schnorf: I agree with you 100%.

Comment by Yiddishcowboy Tuesday, Aug 23, 16 @ 7:35 pm