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Sen. Emil Jones III to enter deferred prosecution agreement after bribery mistrial – Capitol News IL

Under the agreement, Jones would pay a fine and likely see his three charges — including bribery, wire fraud and lying to the FBI — dropped a year from now. The senator was accused of agreeing to take bribes from red-light camera entrepreneur-turned-government cooperator Omar Maani in exchange for holding back legislation he’d introduced that was harmful to the red-light camera industry.

Capitol News Illinois | Sen. Emil Jones III to enter deferred prosecution agreement after bribery mistrial

State Sen. Emil Jones III, D-Chicago, has agreed to a deal with federal prosecutors that would avoid a retrial and see the three charges against him — including bribery, wire fraud and lying to the FBI — dropped a year…

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* Tribune… A month before his retrial on bribery charges, state Sen. Emil Jones III has agreed to enter into a deferred prosecution deal with prosecutors that will leave him with no conviction as long as he admits to certain illegal conduct and pays a fine. The agreement was announced at a hearing Thursday before U.S. District [...]

Illinois Sen. Emil Jones III strikes deal with feds to avoid conviction in bribery case

Illinois Sen. Emil Jones III has agreed to resolve his federal bribery case with a one-year deal that could spare him from a conviction but requires him to make a "number of admissions," prosecutors said Thursday. U.S. District Judge Andrea Wood revealed the so-called deferred prosecution agreement during a status hearing in her courtroom, weeks before Jones was due to face a jury again. His first trial, in April, ended with a hung jury. When Wo…

Sen. Emil Jones III to enter deferred prosecution agreement after bribery mistrial | Illinois State Bar Association

Sen. Emil Jones III to enter deferred prosecution agreement after bribery mistrialState Sen. Emil Jones III, D-Chicago, has agreed to a deal with federal prosecutors that would avoid a retrial and see the three charges against him — including bribery, wire fraud and lying to the FBI — dropped a year from now. Source: Capitol News Illinois

Illinois Sen. Emil Jones III gets ‘early Christmas gift,’ strikes deal to avoid conviction

Illinois Sen. Emil Jones III walked out of a federal courtroom expressing gratitude for an “early Christmas gift” Thursday after striking a deal with prosecutors that could save him from a conviction three years after being hit with bribery charges. The South Side Democrat inked what’s known as a “deferred prosecution agreement” eight months after a jury failed to reach a verdict at the end of a trial filled with intrigue and secret recordings, …