Lawyers for ex-Chicago Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson asked Monday for a sentence of probation on his conviction on counts of tax evasion and lying to banking regulators.
Lawyers for ex-Chicago Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson asked Monday for a sentence of probation on his conviction on counts of tax evasion and lying to banking regulators, saying he’s already suffered “tremendous public humiliation” and lost his law license and seat on the City Council.
In a series of court filings Monday, Thompson’s attorneys said prison time is not warranted for the former alderman, who already has “suffered tremendous public humiliation as a result of his conviction.”“He has had to give up his law license and his position in public service,” attorney Chris Gair wrote in one filing. “He has lost his job and his career. He has lost most of his life-savings defending himself.
“I found Patrick to be a hard-working legislator devoted to his 11th Ward community, and interested in debating different viewpoints carefully to make informed decisions,” Garza wrote, according to Gair’s filing. U.S. District Judge Franklin Valderrama is scheduled to sentence Thompson on July 6. Prosecutors’ pre-sentencing filing had not yet appeared on the public docket Monday evening.
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