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Susan Walsh

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March 26, 2015

Jesse Jackson Jr. leaves federal prison for halfway house

By CARYN ROUSSEAU, Associated Press MICHAEL TARM, Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. left an Alabama federal prison early Thursday bound for a halfway house, where he begins his transition back into society two

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