Former GOP state lawmaker, candidate for governor sentenced to 42 months in prison – Capitol News IL

Sam McCann said he was “thankful” for his time in jail because he was coming to understand how some of the votes he took during his eight years in the General Assembly translated to real-world policy that contributed to his fellow detainees’ involvement with the criminal justice system. “I’d trust these men more than some of my colleagues in Illinois government,” McCann said of his fellow detainees.