Former Alaska state Representative Vic Kohring, left, stands next to his attorney John Henry Browne in 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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