Two of the eight cops convicted in the Gun Trace Task Force scandal were handed comparatively light prison sentences today, in part because they have cooperated with federal prosecutors.

Evodio Hendrix, 32, and Maurice Ward, 36, were each ordered to prison for seven years by U.S. District Court Judge Catherine Blake.

Hendrix admitted to committing five robberies, including one of a taxi driver near Mondawmin Mall and another when he and Ward broke into a home to steal $20,000 each.

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