3 Men in a Cell?

In 2005, we noted that over the previous decade, a New York State legislator was just as likely to die in office as lose in a general election. For 2009, on the heels of the Bruno conviction, we have a new statistic: since 2000, legislators were more likely to resign while under ethics investigation, or after pleading guilty to or being convicted of a crime, than they were to lose in a general election.