Did PR save Blago from the slammer?

So Rod Blagojevich isn’t going to prison — at least not for a while, perhaps not at all. In the former Illinois governor’s corruption trial, the jury returned with one guilty verdict and deadlocked on the remaining 23 counts against him. It seems a retrial is on tap. How did Blago manage to skate — for now — on the charges? He may have public relations to thank for part of that. The defense’s argument noted that Blago was a talker — that he could out-talk Melissa…

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