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State Rep. Derrick Smith greets a House page after taking his seat at the Illinois State Capitol on April 17, 2012.
E. Jason Wambsgans, Chicago Tribune
State Rep. Derrick Smith greets a House page after taking his seat at the Illinois State Capitol on April 17, 2012.
Chicago Tribune
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Former state Rep. Derrick Smith was convicted in June 2014 of one count each of bribery and extortion for accepting a $7,000 kickback in a plot to extort a day care operator in his district who needed a letter of support for a state grant. Smith was sentenced to five months in prison April 23, 2015.