Former Alaska state Representative Vic Kohring leaves the federal building in Anchorage, Alaska on Thursday, May 8, 2008, after being sentenced in federal court to 3 1/2 years in prison for corruption charges. Kohring was convicted in November of accepting at least $2,600 from executives of VECO Corporation, an influential Alaska company that provided engineering, construction and facility maintenance services to oil producers. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)

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