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America's Not-So-Proud Tradition of Government Corruption

Government corruption doesn't only affect developing nations with long histories of dysfunction; DISHONEST ABES it happens in nearly every American state (and, famously, the District of Columbia). From perjury and tax evasion to outright bribery, corruption has taken down thousands of elected officials over WHICH STATE GOVERNMENTS ARE MOST CORRUPT? the past 35 years. Which states are home to the most convictions for government corruption? CORRUPTION CONVICTIONS PER 10,000 POPULATION* (1976 - 2010) TOTAL CORRUPTION CONVICTIONS (1976 - 2010) CALIFORNIA 2,345 NEW YORK 1,963 ILLINOIS 1,828 16.7 FLORIDA 1,762 PENNSYLVANIA 1,563 TEXAS 1,542 2 OHIO 1,405 1.42 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1,005 NEW JERSEY 909 LOUISIANA 906 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LOUISIANA ILLINOIS 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 SOMETHING IS ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS In 2011, former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was found guilty of bribery, mail fraud, and extortion for attempting to sell the Senate seat vacated by President Obama. His conviction made him part of a 1.3 1.23 1.22 1.03 tradition of corruption in the state: Since 1970, four Illinois governors have been convicted on various corruption charges. NEW YORK PENNSYLVANIA OHIO NEW JERSEY FORMER GOVERNOR: OTTO KERNER, JR. DAN WALKER GEORGE RYAN ROD BLAGOJEVICH OFFICE TERM: 1961 - 1968 1973 - 1977 1999 2003 2003 - 2009 Mail fraud, bribery, Using false information to Racketeering, bribery, Bribery, extortion, and related charges for selling the U.S. senate seat. CHARGES: 0.94 0.63 0.63 perjury, and tax extortion, money evasion. obtain mortgages. laundering, and tax fraud. .84% CHICAGO IS THE OF ILLINOIS'S TOTAL MOST CORRUPT FLORIDA CALIFORNIA TEXAS CORRUPTION U.S. DISTRICT, CLAIMING ALMOST CONVICTIONS. *BASED ON 2010 POPULATION FIGURE. SOURCE: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO A COLLABORATION BETWEEN GOOD AND COLUMN FIVE

America's Not-So-Proud Tradition of Government Corruption

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Government corruption doesn't only affect developing nations with long histories of dysfunction; it happens in nearly every American state (and, famously, the District of Columbia). From perjury and t...

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