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Tennessee Democrat Pleads guilty to bribery charges in Memphis :

Former state Senator Kathryn Bowers (D) of Memphis will change her plea to guilty Monday in the Tennessee Waltz bribery scandal.

Her attorney, William Massey, said she decided to admit her guilt after consulting with friends, family members, her pastor and attorneys.

Bowers is charged with taking $11,000 in bribes to use her influence in the Tennessee Senate.

Massey told The Associated Press that his client will accept prison time if that’s what’s ordered.

Bowers is the only defendant in the wide-ranging scandal who hasn’t gone to trial.

From another article :

Former state Sen. Kathryn Bowers, 64, a Memphis Democrat, was to plead to a bribery charge accusing her of splitting $11,500 with an accomplice who served as a go-between with FBI agents posing as dishonest businessmen. She had insisted for two years that she was innocent.

“She came to accept that what she did was wrong,” defense lawyer William Massey said. “She stood very firmly, for a very long time, in her belief that she was not guilty.”

In exchange for her plea, prosecutors were expected to drop five more serious charges of extortion, each carrying a maximum of 20 years in prison.

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