Sentences with phrase «federal sentencing back»
A forgiving «reasonableness» standard would essentially take federal sentencing back to the pre-Guidelines era, where similarly - situated defendants could and did receive grossly disparate sentences.
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Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced to 12 years in prison and told by a federal judge that he must give back $ 5 million that he gained from illegal kickback schemes, as well a pay another $ 1.75 million in fines.
Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced to 12 years in prison and told by a federal judge that he must give back $ 5 million that he stole from the public, as well as pay another $ 1.75 million in fines.
His sentencing on federal bribery charges brought him back to earth with a thud.
Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced to 12 years in prison Tuesday and told by a federal judge that he must give back $ 5 million that he stole from the public, as well a pay another $ 1.75 million in fines.
Manhattan federal judge Valerie Caproni pushed back the start date for ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's 12 - year sentence for corruption by two months, giving him until Aug. 31 to comply.
Bharara sat in the back of the courtroom as Manhattan federal Judge Kimba Wood sentenced Skelos.
As Gail passed Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who was sitting in the back of the courtroom throughout the sentencing Thursday, she told the federal prosecutor, «You can go to hell.»
Manhattan Federal Judge Valerie Caproni on Wednesday pushed back the start date for the disgraced ex-Assembly speaker's 12 - year sentence — giving him until Aug. 31 to enjoy his freedom.
Manhattan federal judge Valeri Caproni on Wednesday pushed back the start date for the disgraced ex-Assembly Speaker's 12 - year prison sentence, according to court records.
«Davis has worked hard since her [2013] arrest to get back on her feet,» Hochheiser wrote Manhattan federal Judge Edgardo Ramos, seeking leniency for his client at her Oct. 1 sentencing.
His hope for redemption comes in selling guns to a busy group of bank robbers to keep the cash coming in, whilst shopping in his gun - runner contact Jackie Brown (Steven Keats) to convince the federal agent on his back, Dave Foley (Richard Jordan), to drop his prison sentence.
Instructor Howard O. Kieffer's criminal background — not to mention his lack of a law degree — came as a surprise to the Federal Defender Services of Milwaukee, which arranged the CLE program back in November 2007 believing Kieffer to be a legitimate expert on sentencing law.
Client pled to a single charge and initially received a 15 year Federal sentence, however counsel went back to the sentencing Judge several years later and got that sentence cut in half.
She essentially gave the back of her hand to the mitigating detail presented by Rubashkin's lawyers, including his responsibility for 10 children, his extensive charitable activities, the absence of any indication that he was motivated by greed, and, most significantly, the disproportionality of the sentence recommended by federal guidelines as compared to those handed down in fraud cases of similar size and scope.
Sentencing has finally moved from the hands of the prosecutors and the harshness of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines back to the discretion of the district court judges.
Helping to get my mind back on these federal sentencing cases — which are, realistically, a lot more important to a lot more defendants than Baze — are the just - filed reply briefs from the petitioners.