Former Ald. Ed Burke has no comment after being sentenced to 2 years in prison 03:54. Federal prosecutors argued Burke, who is 80 years old, deserved a sentence of more than 10 years in prison ...

Former Ald. Ed Burkę was sentenced to 2 years in prison Monday and fined $2 million after he was found guilty of racketeering, bribery and attempted extortion late last year.

Ed Burke, Chicago’s longest-serving alderman, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison and fined $2 million today for attempting to steer business to his law firm in exchange for helping ...

Former 14th Ward alderman Ed Burke is sentenced to serve two years in prison on charges ranging from bribery to attempted extortion. Burke was Chicago’s longest-serving councilman.