Duke Cunningham Gets 100 Months For Corruption

Former Rep. Duke Cunningham was sentenced to 100 months in prison for taking bribes from defense contractors.

Former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham was taken into custody Friday after being sentenced to eight years and four months in federal prison and ordered to pay $1.8 million in restitution for accepting bribes from defense contractors.

Prosecutors had sought a 10-year sentence for Cunningham, the maximum available under his plea agreement. His lawyers asked for six years.

U.S. District Judge Larry Alan Burns sentenced Cunningham to 60 months and 40 months in prison on two counts, the sentences to run consecutively. Burns also ordered Cunningham to repay $1.8 million.