Defendant-turned-witness gets year and a day in Orange Beach corruption case - Breaking News from the Press-Register - al.com

Defendant-turned-witness gets year and a day in Orange Beach corruption case - Breaking News from the Press-Register - al.com: "MOBILE, Ala. -- Having sentenced the bribee in an Orange Beach public corruption case to nine years in prison, a federal judge this morning refused to accept a prosecution recommendation that the briber get off with no prison time.

Federal prosecutors asked for probation for developer Jim Brown in recognition of his help in prosecuting ex-Orange Beach Mayor Steve Russo and two others. U.S. District Judge Kristi DuBose agreed Brown deserved a break but said it would be unfair to give him probation."