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AP covers the remarkable story of (my client) Patrick Lett

By Douglas A. Berman

Long-time readers may recall prior posts about the sentencing and appeals of Sgt. Patrick Lett (many of which are linked below).  As I have said before, I am so very proud to now represent Lett is (along with Douglas Cole of Jones Day), and we have a cert petition still pending before the Supreme Court.  Today the AP has this article about Lett's case, which starts this way:Patrick Lett returned to south Alabama when he finished an unblemished 17-year Army career, including two tours in Iraq. Then his father died, he couldn't find work to support his two daughters and his life took a wrong turn. Lett pleaded guilty in federal court to cocaine possession for his involvement in a cousin's drug operation and was sentenced in 2006 to five years in prison...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 29, 2008 (boomark / email).