Rod Blagojevich Is Asking for Mercy. His Case Is Stronger Than You Might Think.
- Leonard Goodman
- Nov 2, 2017
- 1 min read
Updated: Jul 14, 2024

The day in March 2012 that Rod Blagojevich headed off to federal prison on corruption charges, it seemed to most of us in Illinois, and around the country, that justice had been done. An unsavory, self-absorbed politician all about money and power—the very symbol of everything wrong with politics—was getting what he deserved for what seemed like textbook corruption.
But should we have been so certain?