Casino developer, 2 others get prison terms

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced three men who pleaded guilty in a scheme to buy votes in the Alabama Legislature to multiple years in federal prison.

U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson on Monday night sentenced bingo developer Ronnie Gilley to more than seven years in prison, lobbyist Jarrod Massey to more than five years in prison and former state Rep. Terry Spicer of Elba to almost five years in prison.

The sentencing came after the three men pleaded with Thompson at a hearing Monday for leniency. Each man pleaded guilty in a bribery conspiracy. Nine other people then went to trial and were acquitted by jurors.

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