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You make the call: what sentence should Detroit's Granny Valjean get for Social Security fraud?

By Douglas A. Berman

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Here is a fitting challenge not only for all sentencing practitioners, but for anyone else who likes to imagine wearing a black robe and dispensing sentencing justice. This Friday in Detroit, as detailed in this local article, a notable and sad federal prosecution reaches sentencing: Her mentally ill son was in prison. Her daughter was battling drug addiction. And her five grandchildren were in danger of being sent to foster care. So Mary Alice Austin of Detroit, who said she needed money to raise the grandkids, paid someone to pose as her son so she could continue receiving his disability benefits, court records show. During the 20 years her son was in prison, Austin, 67, received nearly $120,000 in Social Security benefits, records show...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 29, 2011 (boomark / email).