So You Think You Can Launder

Tom Delay, aspiring dancing star and professional criminal, was officially convicted of money laundering and conspiracy to commit said laundering. "The Hammer" could be facing quite a long stay in the big house:

Mr. DeLay faces up to life in prison on the money laundering charge. [...] Judge Pat Priest has wide discretion in sentencing the former majority leader, who was known as “The Hammer” for his no-holds-barred style during 20 years in the House of Representatives. Mr. Delay could be sentenced from 2 years to 20 years in prison for the conspiracy count, and from 5 years to 99 years, or life in prison, for the money-laundering count.

Damn those activist judges.

[H/T to ThinkProgress]