So, is 63 months in prison and a $50,000 fine an appropriate sentence for former House Speaker Jim Black?

Joe Sinsheimer, for the Democratic political consultant who aggressively pushed the the case against Black, called it "a fair outcome."

Republican activist Claudia Rogers said it was not inconsistent with the punishment given to former state agriculture commissioner Meg Scott Phipps and former U.S. Rep. Frank Ballance.