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Former Cook County Commissioner William Beavers was sentenced to a six-month prison term following a March tax evasion conviction.

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Former Cook County Commissioner Sentenced to 6-Month Prison Term

Former Cook County Commissioner William Beavers' was sentenced last Wednesday by U.S. District Judge James Zagel to six months in prison for failing to declare campaign funds he spent at casinos as taxable income, a sentence, Chicago's acting U.S. attorney Gary Shapiro reportedly criticized as too lenient.