Monday, March 11, 2019

UNEQUAL JUSTICE - Manafort Sentence

aka "How Trump association can buy justice"

"What Manafort’s light sentence says about criminal justice disparities" PBS NewsHour 3/8/2019

Excerpt

SUMMARY:  A federal judge in Virginia sentenced Paul Manafort to less than four years in prison for tax and bank fraud--far less than the roughly 20 years called for under federal guidelines.  The sentence prompted outcry, with critics arguing Manafort’s punishment highlights disparities in our criminal justice system.  Judy Woodruff talks to Kevin Sharp, a former federal judge, for an insider’s perspective.

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