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Prosecutors won’t retry Blagojevich on 5 tossed counts

FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2011 file photo, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, left, speaks to reporters as his wife, Patti, listens at the federal building in Chicago, after Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years on 18 corruption counts. On Monday, March 28, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Blagojevich's appeal of his corruption convictions that included his attempt to sell the vacant Senate seat once occupied by President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

CHICAGO (AP) — Prosecutors say they won’t retry former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich on five counts tossed by a federal appeals court and have requested a resentencing date.

Prosecutors’ Wednesday filing came two days after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Blagojevich’s appeal of 13 remaining corruption convictions. Those include his attempt to sell an appointment to the Senate vacated by President Barack Obama.

The high court was one of the 59-year-old Democrat’s last hopes to have his remaining convictions tossed or to sharply reduce his 14-year prison sentence.

An appeals court in July vacated Blagojevich’s convictions on five counts and told prosecutors to consider resentencing him on the remaining counts. But they added his current sentence may be fair even with the dropped counts.

Resentencing is expected to happen within months.

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