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	Chicago Congressman Mel Reynolds sentenced to five years
		Mel Reynolds, the former Democratic Representative from Illinois, recently was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of sexual assault and abuse.
		A Rhodes scholar, Reynolds, 43, was convicted of criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, obstruction of justice and child pornography after Beverly Heard, 19, accused the congressman of having sex with her when she was 16 and 17.
		Reynolds, who resigned from Congress after his conviction in August, was sentenced to four years for a charge of criminal sexual assault to be followed by another year for obstructing justice.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1G1-17639279.html (208 words)

	CNN - Ex-Congressman Reynolds & wife indicted for fraud - Nov. 7, 1996
		Reynolds, 44, resigned from Congress soon after he was convicted in August 1995 on charges of criminal sexual assault, obstruction of justice and solicitation of child pornography in a case stemming from his relationship with a 16-year-old campaign worker.
		Reynolds was sentenced to five years in prison for those crimes, and is expected to be released from the East Moline Correctional Institution in early 1998.
		Reynolds tried to conceal from the FEC the way in which campaign contributions were spent.
	www.cnn.com /US/9611/07/reynolds.indict (326 words)

	Ex-Chicago Congressman Mel Reynolds Returns After Clinton
		Reynolds resigned from Congress in 1995 after a state court convicted him of sexual misconduct with a 16-year-old campaign volunteer.
		Reynolds, 47, will be allowed to work during the day but must return to the halfway house at night.
		Reynolds told the Chicago Tribune, "I realize a lot of people were supportive of me because they were supportive of my children," he said.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1G1-70696215.html (374 words)

	DEMOCRAP FORUM / Remember Mel Reynolds? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Reynolds was unsuccessful in his 1986, 1988 and 1990 campaigns against Congressman Gus Savage.
		Reynolds initially denied what he claimed were racially motivated charges but on August 22, 1995 he was convicted on 12 counts of sexual assault, obstruction of justice and solicitation of child pornography.
		Reynolds was sentenced to five years in prison and expected to be released in 1998.
	www.democrap.com /1/viewtopic.php?id=9 (158 words)

	Politician plans comeback - The Boston Globe
		Reynolds said he would run as an independent Democrat in the primary next March and acknowledged that it would be a difficult -- and embarrassing -- comeback.
		Reynolds didn't learn to read until he was 8, picked cotton as a boy in the Mississippi Delta, and shined shoes in Chicago, where he was raised in the city's notorious public housing.
		Marisol Reynolds, who also was convicted in the fraud case, was present at last week's news conference but took no questions, even though she was listed as a contact for Reynolds's campaign.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2003/10/13/politician_plans_comeback (822 words)

	Home
		Beginning in 1992, Reynolds, 52, served as congressman for the 2nd Congressional District but resigned three years later when he was sentenced to five years in prison for sexual criminal assault.
		Reynolds was later sentenced to six and a half years for campaign finance fraud and received executive clemency for that sentence in 2001 from President Bill Clinton.
		Reynolds and Jackson each claim to have a large voter base in the district, though Reynolds admits that it is not going to be an easy race.
	mesh.medill.northwestern.edu /mnschicago/elections/meljes.html (1442 words)

	The Chicago Reporter: Interview with Mel Reynolds
		Reynolds: No, no, I was a co-sponsor of, I wrote the gun law and I had been threatened by the state prisoners and was being sent off to a federal...
		Reynolds: The people making decisions have to be non-African Americans, from the director of the federal bureau of prisons, to the regional director, to the warden, to the camp administrator, to the captain of security, all the people who can make the decisions without having to check with somebody, are not African American.
		Reynolds: No, but you'd be surprised at the number of fl people who are in federal prisons who have some problems, or have been in prison or who have gotten themselves together while they were in prison and gotten degrees who are just sitting there.
	www.chicagoreporter.com /2001/1-2001/sentencing/Melprint.htm (2639 words)

	Congressman Is Focus of Sex-Assault Investigation - New York Times
		The Cook County authorities are considering charging Representative Mel Reynolds, a first-term Democrat, with sexual assault and obstruction of justice in connection with a woman's accusation that he had a sexual relationship with her when she was a 16-year-old volunteer in his 1992 campaign, The Chicago Sun-Times reported today.
		Reynolds, who is fl, contended that the investigation was undertaken because of racism and politics in the Cook County state's attorney's office and the Chicago Police Department.
		Reynolds, a 42-year-old married father of three, described his accuser, now 18, as a dropout from three high schools and a lesbian who "claims to have been in a satanic cult at 15 where she witnessed and participated in human sacrifice."
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9D06EED91230F930A2575BC0A962958260 (663 words)

	Mel Reynolds at AllExperts
		Melvin Jay "Mel" Reynolds (born January 8, 1952) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Illinois.
		Reynolds was born in Mound Bayou, Mississippi and he graduated from Roosevelt University and the University of Illinois.
		Reynolds was sentenced to five years in prison and expected to be released in 1998.
	en.allexperts.com /e/m/me/mel_reynolds.htm (319 words)

	CNN U.S. News: Convicted Congressman resigns
		Reynolds' resignation was expected, following his conviction two weeks ago on charges of criminal sexual assault, obstruction of justice, and solicitation of child pornography, all stemming from his relationship with a then 16-year-old girl.
		"Mel Reynolds has proven tonight what a smooth talker he is," she said, "and has proven how he can play with the truth.
		But Mel Reynolds' legal troubles are still not over.
	www.cnn.com /US/9508/reynolds/resignation (415 words)

	WorldNetDaily: How Democrats treat their child molesters
		Reynolds was sentenced to several years in federal prison for this and fraud and corruption convictions; his wife and three children went on welfare in Boston.
		And not only was Reynolds pardoned by Clinton, but he was hired by Rev. Jesse Jackson's Operation PUSH to decrease the number of young fls going to prison.
		And just like Clinton, Reynolds never showed any form of remorse for what he did, whether it was to the girl he molested, or to Laurance Capriotti, whom Reynolds cheated, among others, out of $25,000 to earn his 1997 fraud and corruption convictions.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=21585 (949 words)

	White Civil Rights » Jesse Jackson & Mel Reynolds: 2 Peas in a Pod
		Reynolds was among the 176 thieves, swindlers and assorted scoundrels who reaped the benefit of President Bill Clinton’s last-minute orgy of pardons before he and Hillary left the White House in January of 2001, leaving the premises trashed and a number of valuables such as silver items and tea services missing.
		While Clinton was in a signing mood, Mel Reynolds received a commutation of his six-and-a-half-year federal sentence for 15 convictions of wire fraud, bank fraud, and lies to the Federal Election Commission.
		One website notes “In one tape, Reynolds asks Heard to describe sex with her lesbian lover, then asks if he can join Heard in bed with ‘Theresa,’a fictitious 15-year-old Catholic-school girl, whom Heard invented apparently to tempt Reynolds.
	www.whitecivilrights.com /jesse-jackson-mel-reynolds-2-peas-in-a-pod_308.html (459 words)

	Don't feel bad for Reynolds? Think about his 3 kids Chicago Sun-Times - Find Articles
		Reynolds, 53, says he has been renting that apartment in the 11800 block of South Indiana Avenue for nearly four years, since shortly after Bill Clinton commuted his prison sentence with a presidential pardon on his way out of office in January 2001.
		Reynolds says he originally picked the apartment because it would be close to his job and convenient for his children.
		Reynolds said his wife is living in Boston, where she is caring for her dying mother.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20050208/ai_n9725445 (842 words)

	Ex-Chicago Congressman Mel Reynolds Returns After Clinton Commutes Prison Sentence Jet - Find Articles
		Reynolds resigned from Congress in 1995 after a state court convicted him of sexual misconduct with a 16-year-old campaign volunteer.
		Reynolds, 47, will be allowed to work during the day but must return to the halfway house at night.
		Reynolds told the Chicago Tribune, "I realize a lot of people were supportive of me because they were supportive of my children," he said.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1355/is_9_99/ai_70696215 (386 words)

	ABC7Chicago.com: Mel Reynolds plans to reclaim his seat in Congress
		Mel Reynolds claims to have 26 thousand signatures on his nominating petitions, despite felony convictions and jail terms for bank fraud, and having sex with an underage campaign worker.
		The petitions, according to Reynolds, indicate voters in the 2nd congressional district are ready for a change.
		Reynolds says the media's quick to criticize him, but not congressman Jackson, whose best friend in the early 1990's was a Nigerian who turned out to be a major drug dealer in Oakland, California.
	abclocal.go.com /wls/story?section=News&id=928171 (574 words)

	Reynolds should be ousted - Undefined Section
		After a month-long trial, Reynolds was convicted Tuesday of criminal sexual assault, sexual abuse, child pornography and obstruction of justice.
		Reynolds broke an Illinois state law by having sex with Heard when she was underage.
		In addition to sexual assault charges, Reynolds was accused of attempting to hide Heard from investigators by taking her to Tennessee.
	media.www.iowastatedaily.com /media/storage/paper818/news/1995/08/25/UndefinedSection/Reynolds.Should.Be.Ousted-1069819.shtml?norewrite200612090213&sourcedomain=www.iowastatedaily.com (222 words)

	Mel Reynolds and Bill Clinton: Bosom Buddies (The Scoop on the Clinton Pardons) by Michelle Malkin -- Capitalism ...
		Reynolds had also been convicted in 1995 by an Illinois jury on two counts of solicitation of child pornography, three counts of criminal sexual assault, three counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, and four counts of obstruction of justice.
		Reynolds also made a vulgar hand gesture at the witness, who had testified that Reynolds ordered him to withhold subpoenaed campaign-finance documents.
		In classic Clintonian style, Reynolds smeared his young accuser as a "liar" and "nut case." A diverse jury of six fls and six whites believed the troubled girl, not the conniving Rhodes Scholar.
	www.capmag.com /article.asp?id=285 (776 words)

	The Arab American Institute
		Reynolds was cast in the national media as a moderate who could heal the “Black-Jewish relationship” while Savage was increasingly an angry and divisive figure who used his race to win support.
		Reynolds was an opportunist who sold himself to win political spoils, but he exhibited no control over his own behavior.
		Reynolds and Packwood are not losses to lament, they are examples of the tragic consequences of an electoral system and a political process gone awry.
	www.aaiusa.org /washington-watch/1249/w091195 (1612 words)

	Washingtonpost.com Special Report: Clinton Accused
		Freshman Reynolds was indicted on Aug. 19, 1994, on charges of having sex with a 16-year-old campaign worker and then pressuring her to lie about it.
		Reynolds, who is fl, denied the charges and said the investigation was racially motivated.
		Reynolds was convicted on Aug. 22, 1995 of 12 counts of sexual assault, obstruction of justice and solicitation of child pornography, was sentenced to five years in prison, and resigned his seat on October 1.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/congress.htm (2353 words)

	USATODAY.com - Ex-congressman told to move out of house (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Police gave Mel Reynolds 30 days to move out of the house because of a state law that prohibits convicted sex offenders from living within 500 feet of a dense concentration of children, police department spokesman Dave Bayless said.
		Reynolds, 53, has lived at the home on the city's South Side since 2001, according to public records.
		Reynolds served a total of 2 1/2 years in prison before President Clinton commuted his prison term in 2001.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2005-02-06-reynolds_x.htm (340 words)

	Clinton Pardon's Child Molester
		Reynolds had also been convicted in 1995 - by an Illinois jury - on two counts of solicitation of child pornography, three counts of aggravated sexual abuse, and four counts of obstruction of justice.
		Reynolds also made a vulgar gesture at the witness - who had testified that Reynolds had ordered him to withhold subpoenaed campaign-finance documents.
		Reynolds gave the then-16-year-old girl cash, at each meeting, and supplied her with his pager number and apartment keys.
	www.daveschultz.com /clinton/rapist.html (798 words)

	On The Right Side ~ I Beg Your Pardon
		Reynolds, an ex-Congressman, was convicted in 1997 of 15 counts of bank fraud, wire fraud and perjury.
		Congressman Mel Reynolds was convicted of statutory rape of a teenage campaign worker, Beverly Heard.
		Reynolds and Clinton both committed perjury on the witness stand and both blamed Republicans for their troubles.
	www.ontherightside.com /columns/20010223.htm (592 words)

	Lawyer Seeks a Better Deal for Jailed Witness - New York Times
		Reynolds did not have sex, prosecutors could try to impeach her with the grand jury testimony and other witnesses who could testify to the alleged affair.
		Reynolds and was pressured by prosecutors to stick with her untrue accusations.
		Reynolds faces up to 86 years in prison if convicted of charges including criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual abuse and obstruction of justice.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=990CEFDE133FF937A3575BC0A963958260 (533 words)

	Mel & Bill
		Reynolds had also been convicted in 1995 – by an Illinois jury – on two counts of solicitation of child pornography, three counts of aggravated sexual abuse, and four counts of obstruction of justice.
		Reynolds also made a vulgar gesture at the witness – who had testified that Reynolds had ordered him to withhold subpoenaed campaign-finance documents.
		Reynolds also bullied law enforcement officials – and had his employees type up recantation affidavits for Heard to sign.
	www.williamtheimpeached.com /melandbill.htm (704 words)

	nwi.com :: Reynolds to take on Jesse Jackson Jr.
		In 1995, Reynolds was sentenced to five years in state prison for obstruction of justice, criminal sexual assault and other sex-related charges in connection with engaging in sexual relations with a 16-year-old former campaign worker.
		In 1997, Reynolds was sentenced to six and a half years in federal prison for concealing debts to obtain bank loans and diverting money for voter registration drives to his election campaign.
		Reynolds claimed that Marisol's boyfriend abused the boy, but the judge said the allegations were unsubstantiated.
	www.thetimesonline.com /articles/2003/10/08/news/local_illinois/35418c9c443750f786256db900050371.txt (1313 words)

	Bobby Rush and Mel Reynolds defeat incumbent congressmen
		Mel Reynolds, who had lost twice before to the incumbent but in crowded fields, finally ousted U.S. Rep. Gus Savage from his 2nd Congressional District seat as the single challenger.
		But Reynolds says the Chicago City Colleges were his turning point in education because they were small enough to focus attention on him and improve his work as a student.
		Reynolds is currently completing his master's degree in public administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.
	www.lib.niu.edu /ipo/1992/ii920514.html (2432 words)

	Deroy Murdock on NRO
		Reynolds was in his car, and he stopped his car and gestured for me to come over to the car." Heard said the representative offered his business card and soon began phoning to say how good she would look in the nude.
		Reynolds was convicted of soliciting child pornography, criminal sexual assault, and obstruction of justice for trying to spirit Heard to Tennessee when the scandal broke.
		Reynolds laundered and diverted into his campaign coffers political contributions earmarked for voter registration.
	www.nationalreview.com /murdock/murdockprint020901.html (744 words)

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