A sentencing hearing began Tuesday that will determine if former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman and former HealthSouth Chief Executive Richard Scrushy remain free or spend much of the rest of their lives in prison, The Associated Press reported.
U.S. District Judge Mark Fuller will sentence Siegelman and Scrushy, convicted of bribery and related crimes in a government corruption case, after hearing testimony in a proceeding expected to last all week, the AP reported.
Prosecutors have asked Judge Fuller to severely punish Siegelman and Scrushy to send a message that government corruption won't be tolerated. Prosecutors have requested sentences of 30 years in prison for Siegelman and 25 years for Scrushy, and that both men pay millions of dollars in fines, the AP reported.
Attorneys for Siegelman and Scrushy have asked that they be given probation and have said the sentences proposed by prosecutors would be life sentences because of their ages, the AP reported.-New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants
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