Prosecutors ask for jail time for "Mafia don"

MADISON, Wis. Prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence the former Senate majority leader to six months in jail, saying Chuck Chvala (KWAH'-lah) is unremorseful for his illegal activities.

A sentencing memo from Assistant District Attorney Kurt Benkley to a Dane County judge says Chvala was "like a Mafia don," insulating himself by directing his criminal activities through his chief of staff.Benkley says prosecutors want to put more than 448-thousand dollars that Chvala raised illegally into Wisconsin's school fund.In October, Chvala pleaded guilty to two felonies for having an employee campaign on state time and for illegally funneling cash to a fellow Democrat's election fund.Seventeen other charges were dropped in exchange for the guilty pleas.