Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford convicted of taking bribes


	Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford convicted of taking bribes

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11-3-2009 8:46 PM

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A federal jury convicted Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford on Wednesday on all charges of accepting bribes in exchange for funneling $7.1 million in bond business to a prominent investment banker.

As a convicted felon, Langford was automatically removed from the office he won in a landslide in 2007.

Jurors deliberated less than two hours before returning their sweeping verdict on all 60 counts. It came after six days of testimony in which they heard Langford accepted cash and luxury items worth some $236,000 while serving as president of the Jefferson County Commission. In exchange, prosecutors said, Langford sent lucrative bond business to investment banker Bill

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