UPDATE: Ex-Missouri governor gets probation for campaign payment

Monday, July 9, 2012 | 6:18 p.m. CDT; updated 8:40 p.m. CDT, Monday, July 9, 2012

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

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