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former east Arkansas lawmaker and his father were each sentenced
Thursday to three years of probation, including nine months of home
detention, and fined for conspiring to commit election fraud in a scheme
that included destroying ballots and exchanging money and food
for votes.
Former Democratic Rep. Hudson Hallum,
who pleaded guilty last year to the conspiracy that helped him win his
seat in a 2011 special election, apologized at his sentencing hearing in
federal court in Little Rock. He resigned in September days after
pleading guilty.