Will He Be Judged By...

...the content of his character, or the colour of his skin (or his name):

U.S. Ex-Congressman Reports to North Carolina Prison

"Former Illinois U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has entered a North Carolina federal prison at least several days early to begin serving a 2 1/2-year prison term for illegally spending $750,000 in campaign money on everything from cigars to mounted elk heads and a gold watch, a prison official said Tuesday."

From the the time of his father's brush with fame: