JENSEN FOUND GUILTY
Monday, March 13th, 2006 -- 8:30 AM
A Dane County jury deliberated for 17 hours before convicting former Assembly Speaker Scott R. Jensen of three felonies and one misdemeanor for directing legislative staffers to campaign on state time.The verdict came down Saturday.
The felony convictions mean the Town of Brookfield Republican will have to give up his Assembly seat and ruins hopes that he had to run for governor some day. The 45-year-old Jensen will be removed from office when he is sentenced in early May.
Jensen would be the fourth lawmaker in the state's 158-year history to be forced out of office by a criminal conviction.
After the jury returned its verdicts shortly before noon, a visibly shaken Jensen stood outside of the courtroom and thanked his family, friends and Waukesha County constituents their support. Neither he nor his attorney, Stephen Meyer, took questions.
Meyer was expected to appeal the verdict.
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