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You make the call: what is a just and effective sentence for Sister Barbara Markey?

By Douglas A. Berman

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Since most judges likely have no experience sentencing nuns, I hope readers will use the comments to help out the Nebraska judge who will soon have to sentence Sister Barbara Markey. Here is the AP story providing the background: A Roman Catholic nun accused of stealing from the Omaha Archdiocese and gambling much of the money away has pleaded guilty to theft. An attorney says Sister Barbara Markey pleaded Monday to theft of more than $1,500. Defense attorney J. William Gallup says she also agreed to pay $125,000 in restitution. Markey faces up to 20 years in prison when she is sentenced in July. Markey is an internationally known speaker. She was fired in 2006 as director of the archdiocese's family life office after an audit found irregularities...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 01, 2008 (boomark / email).

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