Ex-Missouri governor Roger Wilson gets probation for campaign payment

Monday, July 9, 2012 | 2:06 p.m. CDT; updated 6:24 p.m. CDT, Monday, July 9, 2012

ST. LOUIS — Roger Wilson, a Missouri Democrat who was elevated to the governor's job in 2000 after a plane crash killed Gov. Mel Carnahan, was sentenced Monday to two years of probation for misusing money to make political donations.

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