Berlusconi denounces verdict, 'political' judges
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Ex-Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has condemned as "unreal" his tax fraud conviction and said it was the result of "politicized" judges who have made Italy unlivable and no longer a democracy.
Berlusconi spoke to his Mediaset television station Friday after a Milan court convicted him of tax fraud concerning the purchase of rights to broadcast US movies on his private TV networks. He was sentenced to four years in prison though he remains free until all appeals are exhausted. (AP)
