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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The sentencing of a former hospital president convicted of hiring a Rhode Island state senator to do his bidding at the State House has been postponed.

Robert Urciuoli, former president of Roger Williams Medical Center, is now scheduled to be sentenced on March 31 instead of March 6.

His lawyers requested the delay so they could attend a conference in San Francisco for attorneys specializing in white collar criminal defense.

Urciuoli was convicted in October of conspiracy and 35 counts of mail fraud for buying the influence of former state Sen. John Celona.

It was his second trial after his convictions from the first in 2006 were reversed by a federal appeals court.

Read a special report on Operation Dollar Bill, a federal corruption investigation.

 Tags  John Celona Robert Urciuoli Roger Williams Medical Center State House

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phi said:

The wheels of justice grind slowly in RI.
This trial has been repeated by a successful appeal based on judicial error.
The Lead Paint trial, the longest in state history, lasted 9 years (in toto) and was overturned as soon as it left the courtroom, again on judicial error.
The Pona verdict, that most heinous murder, has been overturned on the basis of judicial error.
Nonetheless, having been convicted twice on all charges, Urciuoli is simply putting off the inevitable. As the Fram man says: Pay me now or pay me more later.

Link | January 26, 2009 12:16 PM
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