Senate Minority Leader John Curran said Madigan’s sentence should become a turning point that signals an end to a “culture of corruption in Illinois.”

Madigan’s attorneys are seeking probation, contending the government’s sentence would “condemn an 83-year-old man to die behind bars for crimes that enriched him not one penny.”

Federal prosecutors are seeking a 12½-year prison term. Madigan’s attorneys are seeking probation, contending the government’s sentence would “condemn an 83-year-old man to die behind bars for crimes ...