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Sentencing Law and Policy
Roger Stone gets 40-month federal prison sentence … but will he ever actually serve it?
As reported in this Politico piece, headlined "Roger Stone was sentenced Thursday to just more than three years in prison, a decision that raises immediate questions about whether President Donald…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Roger Stone case generating some useful reflections on federal sentencing challenges and problems and lessons
Roger Stone is scheduled to be sentencing on Thursday and this Bloomberg piece provides a bit of the lay of the land starting this way: Roger Stone’s sentencing on Thursday…
The Right Coast
Juror 1261 in Roger Stone’s case: Was justice undone? | TheHill
I have previously written about how I believe that the DOJ was correct in its rejection of the absurdly high recommendation of seven to nine years in prison for Stone. However, there…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Just some (of lots and lots of) commentary about Roger Stone(d) federal sentencing process
Unsurprisingly, lots of folks have lots of things to say about the upcoming federal sentencing of Roger Stone and the sentencing process and controversy that has already unfolded. Here are…
The Right Coast
Why A Nine-Year Prison Sentence For Roger Stone Is Insane
Roger Stone went to trial and lost. As a result, he s likely going to be sentenced to some jail time. The question is, how much jail time is appropriate…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Legendary jurist (and sentencing Hall of Famer) Jack Weinstein finally retiring at age 98
More than 15 years ago, I did some blog musing here to add warmth to a November day by imagining a "Sentencing Judges Hall of Fame" — an institution in the…
Grand Jury Target
Is DOJ Stuck With Its Positions in the “Updated” Roger Stone Sentencing Memo?
By Sara Kropf
By Sara Kropf The Department of Justice’s “supplemental and amended” sentencing memorandum in the Roger Stone criminal case is nothing short of extraordinary. You can find a copy of the…
Simple Justice
A Stone’s Throw
When they ran the early morning take-down of Roger Stone, weapons in hand and cameras on, heads spinned. After all, it was Roger Stone, the cartoon character political operative of…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Would it be improper for a President to write a character letter for a defendant facing federal sentencing?
The question in the title of this post is obviously precipitated by the extraordinary developments surrounding federal prosecutors' multiple sentencing submissions in the Roger Stone case (details here and here). …
Sentencing Law and Policy
DOJ now says “sentence of incarceration far less than 87 to 108 months [for Roger Stone] would be reasonable under the circumstances”
As noted in this prior post, yesterday federal prosecutors filed this 26-page sentencing memorandum advocating for a within-guideline sentence of 7.3 to 9 years in prison for Roger Stone. Prez Trump…