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Jackson pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced by [[Judge]] Jane Margaret Triche-Milazzo of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, an appointee of [[U.S. President]] [[Barack H. Obama]], to three months in prison, nine months of home detention, $97,374 in restitution, and thereafter a year of supervised release. The sentence was less severe than the guidelines for the crime, which stipulate twelve to eighteen months in prison. Judge Milazzo cited Jackson's military service in Operation Desert Storm, his family life, and the lack of a criminal history as mitigating factors in determining the punishment.<ref name=nola>{{cite web|url=http://nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/03/former_state_rep_girod_jackson_3.html|title=Former state Rep. Girod Jackson sentenced to three months in prison, nine months at home|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|author=Juliet Linderman|date=March 14, 2014|accessdate=July 12, 2020}}</ref>
Jackson pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced by [[Judge]] Jane Margaret Triche-Milazzo of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, an appointee of [[U.S. President]] [[Barack H. Obama]], to three months in prison, nine months of home detention, $97,374 in restitution, and thereafter a year of supervised release. The sentence was less severe than the guidelines for the crime, which stipulate twelve to eighteen months in prison. Judge Milazzo cited Jackson's military service in Operation Desert Storm, his family life, and the lack of a criminal history as mitigating factors in determining the punishment.<ref name=nola>{{cite web|url=http://nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/03/former_state_rep_girod_jackson_3.html|title=Former state Rep. Girod Jackson sentenced to three months in prison, nine months at home|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|author=Juliet Linderman|date=March 14, 2014|accessdate=July 12, 2020}}</ref>
Jackson served his sentence from April to July, 2014, at the Federal Correctional Institution in Oakdale in Allen Parish, south of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]]. Former [[U.S. Representative]] [[William J. Jefferson]] of Louisiana's 2nd congressional district served a 13-year sentence at the same institution for political corruption.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/04/ex-legislator_girod_jackson_ii.html|title=Ex-Legislator Girod Jackson III reports to Oakdale prison for tax crimes|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=April 23, 2015|author=Andrea Shaw|accessdate=May 8, 2015}}</ref>
Jackson served his sentence from April to July, 2014, at the Federal Correctional Institution in Oakdale in Allen Parish, south of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]]. Former [[U.S. Representative]] [[William J. Jefferson]] of Louisiana's 2nd congressional district served a 13-year sentence at the same institution for political corruption.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/04/ex-legislator_girod_jackson_ii.html|title=Ex-Legislator Girod Jackson III reports to Oakdale prison for tax crimes|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=April 23, 2015|author=Andrea Shaw|accessdate=July 12, 2020}}</ref>
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