From the New York Times

Former Connecticut Governor Sentenced to Year in Prison
By WILLIAM YARDLEY and STACEY STOWE

3/18/05
EW HAVEN, March 18 - Former Gov. John G. Rowland of Connecticut was sentenced today to a year and a day in prison, a punishment ordered after the fallen Republican star pleaded guilty in December to a felony conspiracy charge involving his acceptance of $107,000 in gifts that he did not pay taxes on.
Mr. Rowland, 47, who resigned July 1 amid a federal investigation and an impeachment inquiry, had spent much of last year denying that he had abused his powers as governor.
Today, however, he apologized and told Judge Peter C. Dorsey of United States District Court that "as I look back over the years, I see that I had lost sight of my ethical judgment."
"I want my family to know and I want the people of the state of Connecticut to know that I am sorry, and I ask for their forgiveness," he said.
Whether Mr. Rowland's words affected the judge was unclear, but the sentence fell below the 15-to-21-month prison sentence that federal guidelines recommend for the former governor's crime and well below the revised request prosecutors made Thursday in which they asked for at least a 30-month sentence.
In asking for that sentence, the prosecutors said Mr. Rowland had deceived a probation officer about his financial condition and continued what they called his "arrogant" behavior since leaving office.
Judge Dorsey said his sentence was less than the 15 months because of the governor's "public service." He said Mr. Rowland's responsiveness to citizens went beyond that of other politicians.
By receiving a sentence of one year and a day, Mr. Rowland will be eligible for release after serving 87% of his sentence. Had he been sentenced to one year, he would have been obligated to serve the entire year under federal law.
Mr. Rowland will voluntarily surrender and enter prison at noon on April 1. After he completes his prison sentence, he will be on supervised release for three years, including four months of home confinement.
He must also commit to three hours a week of community service for two years following home confinement.
Mr. Rowland was ordered to pay a restitution of $72,000. This represents the "after tax" amount he admitted to receiving in benefits from state contractors and is to be paid within six months. He was also ordered to pay a $10,000 fine within six months and $35,000 in back taxes.
Mr. Rowland's lawyer, William F. Dow, said it was a "fair" sentence and added, "I'm pleased we had a judge as wise and sensitive and responsive as Judge Dorsey."
Prosecutors would not say whether they would appeal the sentence. A spokesman for the United States Attorney's Office said that with good behavior, Mr. Rowland could serve just over 10 months.
Judge Dorsey said he would recommend that Mr. Rowland serve his time at a prison camp in Fort Devins, Mass., the closest facility to the former governor's home in West Hartford, Conn.
Mr. Rowland was accompanied today by his wife, Patricia, his three children from his first marriage, his mother and his brother.
In entering his plea in December, Mr. Rowland acknowledged that he had accepted free vacations in Florida and Vermont and renovation on his cottage in Litchfield, mostly arranged and paid for by William A. Tomasso, a contractor who made millions in state business. He also admitted consenting to or tacitly approving state contracts that helped Mr. Tomasso.
Mr. Rowland was elected to the legislature in 1980, when he was 23, and became the youngest member of Congress four years later.
In 1994, he was elected governor, the first Republican in 30 years to hold the office in heavily Democratic Connecticut. At 37, he was the nation's youngest governor.
He won re-election in 1998 and again by a landslide in 2002, despite the questions surrounding his administration.