Crime Doesn't Pay

Well, it pays a little.

Louisiana Democratic Rep. William J. Jefferson — burdened by a highly publicized federal investigation into whether he took bribes — nonetheless won Saturday’s runoff election in Louisiana’s 2nd District, and even appears to have defeated Democratic state Rep. Karen Carter by a comfortable margin.
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Two former associates of Jefferson have pleaded guilty to bribing him, an FBI affidavit said that agents found $90,000 in marked bills in Jefferson’s freezer during a 2005 raid, and many news stories about the situation have stated that the congressman will eventually be indicted.

There's seems to be some kind of political impermeability that comes from having both "William" and "Jefferson" as part of your name.  People will overlook almost anything when you've got that magical cognominal combo.

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