New York, Jan. 30 -- Bob Menendez, a former U.S. senator from New Jersey, was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Wednesday following his conviction on bribery and corruption charges last July.
Sidney H. Stein, a judge from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, delivered the sentencing after Menendez's lawyers submitted an emotion-laden appeal for leniency in early January.
Meanwhile, prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York, requested a prison term of 15 years.
"The sentences imposed today result from an egregious abuse of power at the highest levels of the Legislative Branch of the federal government. Robert Menendez was trusted to represent the United States and the...