Dianne Wilkerson
Wilkerson: Pen not so bad
By adamg - 9/4/11 - 9:07 amThe Herald reports Dianne Wilkerson sent them a letter from prison. Food's not the best, but otherwise, she's doing quite well, thank you very much.
Should we be concerned she hasn't updated her Web site since June?
Why the feds never got beyond Dianne Wilkerson and Chuck Turner
By adamg - 3/21/11 - 9:04 amCommonWealth takes a look at Ron Wilburn's grand jury testimony (with transcript provided), discovers the Cooperating Witness proved unable to deliver the goods on anybody else involved in liquor-licensing issues in Boston and the feds, so far, have either failed to follow up or decided there just was no there there.
Speaking of Turner, he is not going silently into that prison term. On Thursday, the night before he's scheduled to show up for his federal incarceration, he'll be on a panel discussion at Northeastern titled Framing the Innocent.
Wilkerson accuses two ministers of snitching on her
By adamg - 3/8/11 - 6:19 amThe Dorchester Reporter reports one what could be her last public appearance before she reports to federal prison for her 3 1/2-year sentence.
Wilkerson vows to return
By adamg - 3/5/11 - 1:26 pmThe Herald talks to the soon-to-be-a-number ex-state Senator, who says she and Chuck Turner were set up and treated more harshly than Tom Finneran and John Tierney's wife. Also vows to return to public service after her 3 1/2-year sentence.
From the State House to the Big House for Wilkerson
By adamg - 1/6/11 - 6:44 pmJudge says 3 1/2 years in federal prison is the price for a "Wilkerson tax," the Globe reports.
Wilkerson's lawyers: She's a thief with a heart of gold and no worse than Tommy Finneran
By adamg - 1/5/11 - 11:11 amEx-Sen. Dianne Wilkerson's lawyers yesterday submitted a brief to a judge considering what to do with her that makes two basic arguments: While she screwed up, her intentions were good, and what she did wasn't all that worse than what Tom Finneran did, and he didn't get any jail time.
Feds want to throw a couple of books at Dianne Wilkerson
By adamg - 11/19/10 - 6:56 pmThe disgraced former senator is such a serial law breaker she deserves to get a longer sentence than normally called for on her current corruption charges, the US Attorney's office in Boston argued today.
Wilkerson pleaded guilty in June in US District Court in Boston to a variety of charges related to her bribe-fueled, bra-stuffing effort to get more liquor licenses for Boston and permits for a proposed development in Roxbury.
Judge delays Dianne Wilkerson sentencing so news doesn't affect upcoming Chuck Turner trial
By adamg - 8/20/10 - 1:23 pmAssociated Press reports.
Dianne Wilkerson a felon - again
By adamg - 6/3/10 - 5:56 pmAs expected, former state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges today. She'll be sentenced Sept. 20 in US District Court.
She pleaded guilty in the early 1990s to income-tax evasion.
Dianne Wilkerson to plead guilty tomorrow
By adamg - 6/2/10 - 12:17 pm
The Globe reports. Her plea hearing is scheduled for 2 p.m. in Courtroom 1 at the Moakley Federal Courthouse before Judge Douglas Woodlock.
No word on the nature of her plea deal with federal prosecutors, who had her arrested in October, 2008 after her indictment on various charges related to alleged bribery and extortion involving Boston liquor licenses. She later had additional charges piled in, including allegedly conspiring with City Councilor Chuck Turner, who faces his own federal corruption trial.
The nature and number of the charges against Wilkerson would be enough to send her away for life if she were to go for trial and be convicted on all of them.
Turner's trial is scheduled for Oct. 12.
Innocent, etc.
