A Republican sheriff in South Carolina, a deep red state, was reamed out by a judge after being convicted — and sentenced to 41 months in prison — for a torrent of corrupt behavior. “South Carolina ex-sheriff Chuck Wright of Spartanburg County was sentenced Tuesday to the maximum recommended sentence — 41 months in prison,” reported The State’s John Monk. “The sentence to Wright, 61, by U.S. Judge Timothy Cain was delivered before a packed courtroom at the Greenville federal courthouse.