Sentenced to temporary imprisonment in aconfirmed judgment, Buthas not beengranted asuspended sentenceor permitted to commute his sentence upon payment of a fine.
The Ashcroft campaign says Mr Carnahan is a raging socialist, guilty of campaign-finance scandals and soft on crime (he once agreed to the pope's request to commutea death sentence).
His family filed a petition for clemency to commute the 20-year sentence, a request that was denied by President George W. Bush in one of his final acts in office.