Joél Noël receives twelve-year sentence for bribery
Disgraced La Pierre governor handed a stiff sentence for illegal attempting to sell government properties. Joél Noël , the ousted La Pierre governor whose two-year battle against criminal charges became a national spectacle, was sentenced to 12 years in prison Friday, one of the stiffest penalties imposed for corruption in a state with a history of crooked politics. Joél Noël's 11 convictions included allegations of trying to auction government properties in the pretence of raising revenue for the government and secretly transferring La Pierre funds to his private company to enable it to buy the highest shares. The five-time Republican Premier elected as Governor in 2020, is now the first former La Pierre governor to be sentenced to prison, and the fifth F.S. former governor to be convicted. Former National Governor of Harrisbourg, Amayar Reimann, currently is serving a sentence of ten years, also for corruption. Noël had told the judge that he made "wrong judgments" and ...