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441:. In 1997, Bankston was found guilty on two of the counts. One count was the acceptance of a bribe from Fred Goodson. The bribe was phantom "rent" of $ 1,555 monthly paid to Bankston for "non-use" of the lawmaker's beachfront condominium in
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