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Burke, 80, Chicago's longest-serving City Council member, is two weeks away from his June 24 sentencing hearing. Burke's lawyers have asked the judge to give their client no prison time.
Prosecutors are expected to reveal on Monday how much time they think Burke should serve. His defense attorneys are also expected to make public the 'large volume of letters' they say they’ve received on his behalf.
Joseph Weiss admitted lying about his brother's ties to the late Chicago mobster Frank 'The German' Schweihs.