Federal prosecutors want former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey to spend the next 15 years of his life in prison. Is that the right sentence?

The wife of disgraced ex-New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez is set to go on trial next month after a judge denied her request to postpone her corruption case for the second time. Manhattan federal Judge Sidney Stein on Friday denied Nadine Menendez’s request to delay her Feb.

Former Democratic New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez faces a possible 15-year prison sentence after prosecutors called for severe penalties following his conviction on bribery and foreign agent charges. Menendez, the first U.S. senator convicted of abusing a committee leadership role and acting as a foreign agent, is set to be sentenced on January 29.

New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez should be thrown behind bars for at least 15 years for his “naked greed” in accepting a “hoard of bribes.”

Prosecutors called for the lengthy prison term for the 71-year-old New Jersey Democrat in papers filed in Manhattan federal court late Thursday.

The recommendation was filed on Thursday night in Manhattan federal court, a week after Menendez's lawyers pleaded for leniency, citing the 71-year-old's age, decades of public service, charitable works, devotion to family, and financial and professional ruin.

Former US Senator Bob Menendez ‘scrappy kid’ who grew up fast, according to letters from family, friends seeking lenient sentencing

Ex-Sen. Bob Menendez, 72, faces up to 30 years in prison under sentencing guidelines. Prosecutors are asking for 15 years because of his age.

Federal prosecutors are asking that convicted former Sen. Bob Menendez spend 15 years behind bars, according to a court document filed on Thursday, after exchanging official favors for bribes in a sweeping corruption case that spanned two continents.

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., leaves the Manhattan federal court after the second day of jury selection in his trial, Tuesday, May, 14, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah) Prosecutors say former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez should be imprisoned for ...

Bob Menendez should be imprisoned for 15 years ... In papers filed late Thursday in Manhattan federal court, prosecutors called for the lengthy prison term for the 71-year-old Menendez when ...

The former senator was convicted in July in an extensive bribery and corruption scheme, becoming the first U.S. official found guilty of acting as an agent of a foreign country.