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"Ex-judge Camp sentenced to 30 days in prison"

By Douglas A. Berman

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The title of this post is the headline of this Atlanta Journal-Constitution article providing the outcome of a high-profile federal sentencing today. Here are the details: Jack Camp, the former federal judge ensnared in a scandal involving drugs and a stripper, was sentenced Friday to 30 days in prison and 400 hours of community service. Senior U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan said he could not give a sentence of only probation because Camp had breached his oath of office. "He has disgraced his office," Hogan said. "He has denigrated the federal judiciary. He has encouraged disrespect for the rule of law." Before being sentenced, Camp apologized for what he had done and thanked his family and friends, many of whom filled the courtroom. "I have embarrassed and humiliated my family as well as myself," Camp said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 11, 2011 (boomark / email).

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