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DiMasi begins 8-year prison term

By Globe Staff

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  November 30, 2011

Former House speaker Salvatore DiMasi today kept his date with his federal jailers, and is now being housed in the Federal Medical Center in Lexington, Ky., as he begins his eight-year prison sentence for corruption convictions. DiMasi, who was scheduled to surrender himself by noon today, actually arrived at the facility sometime this morning, said Edmond Ross, spokesman for the US Bureau of Prisons. His exact arrival time was not immediately available.

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