(Chicago, IL)  --  The fate of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich will soon be in the hands of jurors. Following closing arguments yesterday, defense attorney Sam Adam Jr. says he's confident jurors will come back with an acquittal.  During his closing, Adam told jurors that Blagojevich was a terrible judge in character, but not a criminal.  He reasoned with jurors that trying to bribe the President-elect of the United States is a preposterous concept.  Adam even questioned his client's intelligence, saying he naively followed the advice of his inner circle, but never intended to commit a crime.  Prosecutors though say Blagojevich knew what he was doing.  They say he and his co-defendant and brother had clear intentions to profit from the sale of Barack Obama's former Senate seat.  After jury instructions this morning from Judge James Zagel, jurors will begin deliberations. If convicted on all 24 counts charged against him, Blagojevich could face more than 400 years in prison and millions in fines.


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