Prosecutors are seeking at 15-year sentence for disgraced former New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez, who was convicted in a bribery case after a nine-week-long trial.

Former Democratic New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez faces a possible 15-year prison sentence after prosecutors called for severe penalties following his conviction on bribery and foreign agent charges.

Prosecutors say former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez should be imprisoned for 15 years after the Democrat became the first to be convicted of abusing a Senate committee leadership position and the first public official to be convicted of serving as a foreign agent.