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, was convicted of accepting a $70,000-a-year union salary and other perks from John Dougherty, the then-head of Local 98 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Prosecutors contended that Henon did next to nothing for the union to earn the money.
Instead, they said, he sold the powers of his Council office to Dougherty, allowing him to advance his personal and professional aims. Henon was sentenced to 3½ years Wednesday., Philadelphia’s former district attorney, was charged in 2017 with accepting of cash, luxury goods, and all-expenses-paid travel from benefactors who sought his help with various legal hurdles. He
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