DeLay receives three-year sentence for money laundering and conspiracy
[JURIST] A judge for the 331st Criminal District Court [official website] of Texas sentenced former US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) [JURIST news archive] to three years in prison and ten years of probation Monday following DeLay’s November conviction [JURIST report] on money laundering and conspiracy charges. Judge Pat Priest sentenced DeLay to prison [WP report] on the conspiracy charge and gave DeLay probation in lieu of a five-year prison sentence for money laundering. The charges stemmed from $190,000…