Texas judge Pat Priest sentenced DeLay to three years on a conspiracy charge and also sentenced him to five years in prison for money laundering. Priest, however, allowed DeLay to accept 10 years probation on the money laundering charge, assuming he meets certain conditions set by the court.
<a href="http:\/\/www.talkingpointsmemo.com\/documents\/2011\/01\/character-support-letters-for-tom-delay.php" target="_blank">TPM has some of the letters written on Tom Delay&#039;s behalf</a> and they make for great reading. I was particularly impressed by Congressman Louie Gohmert&#039;s letter, which details how &quot;selfless&quot; and &quot;generous&quot; Delay was in giving up a number of his Republican voters when re-gerrymandering the Texas Congressional districts. I had never looked upon gerrymandering as an act of charity before.
Well, I still don&#039;t, but that&#039;s probably because I&#039;m stubborn.
I believe a more appropriate sentence would have been the death penalty. You know, first offense...Texas....
<a href="http:\/\/www.talkingpointsmemo.com\/documents\/2011\/01\/character-support-letters-for-tom-delay.php" target="_blank">TPM has some of the letters written on Tom Delay&#039;s behalf</a> and they make for great reading. I was particularly impressed by Congressman Louie Gohmert&#039;s letter, which details how &quot;selfless&quot; and &quot;generous&quot; Delay was in giving up a number of his Republican voters when re-gerrymandering the Texas Congressional districts. I had never looked upon gerrymandering as an act of charity before.
Well, I still don&#039;t, but that&#039;s probably because I&#039;m stubborn.