Jesse Jackson Jr. Leaves Prison, Enters Halfway House

Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. was released from an Alabama federal prison early Thursday, two years after pleading guilty to spending $750,000 in campaign money on personal items, his father said.   The Rev. Jesse Jackson described his son's release from the minimum security federal prison camp at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama, as a "joyous reunion'' and said the younger Jackson was doing "very well.''   Jackson, 50, an...

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