Former Virginia First Lady Sentenced to Year in Prison

Former Virginia first lady Maureen McDonnell “was sentenced to 12 months and 1 day Friday on federal corruption charges. Judge James R. Spencer also ordered two years supervised probation and allowed her to remain free pending appeal,” the Richmond Times Dispatch reports.

The judge “said he did not want to allow a disparity in the McDonnells’ sentences because there was ‘joint criminal behavior.’ Bob McDonnell had been sentenced to two years last month.”

Washington Post: “In the federal system, inmates with sentences longer than a year can get them reduced 54 days a year for good behavior. If McDonnell had received a sentence of a year or less, she would not have been eligible.”