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Sheldon Silver
May 3, 2016
Adam Peck
Sheldon Silver, the former speaker of the New York State assembly, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
December 17, 2015
Theodore Ross
Fun times in Sheldon’s Silver’s big happy corrupt family.
November 30, 2015
Ryu Spaeth
"I'll do my best, or whatever," says hero juror.
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David Grann
The Courtship

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