Former French President Sarkozy , Convicted of Corruption, <br />Sentenced to Jail .<br />Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, 66, <br />was sentenced to a year in prison on Monday.<br />He was convicted of charges of the attempted <br />bribery of a French judge in order to receive <br />information about a case in which he was involved.<br />The corruption conviction of a French president <br />is the nation's first in modern history.<br />Sarkozy's lawyers will appeal the ruling. <br />The former president will remain free <br />throughout the appeals precess.<br />The case is the result of a series of secret phone calls <br />made in 2014 in which he committed to helping <br />a magistrate move up in his career.<br />in exchange for leaked information regarding <br />a separate investigation concerning <br />his presidential campaign financing.<br />Sarkozy was the <br />president of France <br />from 2007 until 2012
