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Abramoff Requests Leniency in Sentencing for Corruption

Jack Abramoff, the once high-flying lobbyist who pleaded guilty to a scheme to corrupt Congress, asked a federal judge for mercy on Wednesday, saying he was ?not a bad man.?<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/washington/04abramoff.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/washington/04abramoff.html" border="0"/></a> </span>