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A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of the former president of a private Christian college in northwestern Arkansas who pleaded guilty in a kickback scheme involving state legislators. The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit on Tuesday upheld the three-year prison sentence of former Ecclesia College President Oren Paris III. Paris was granted the right to appeal after pleading guilty in 2018. Paris and consultant Randell Shelton were accused of funneling cash bribes in 2013-2014 in exchange for then-Sen. Jon Woods directing over $715,000 in state grants to the college.
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