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Is having an A-list, rich, beautiful girlfriend a mitigating sentencing factor?

By Douglas A. Berman

I love being able to call People magazine professional reading, and I can now do that due to the upcoming sentencing of actress Anne Hathaway's former boyfriend.  Here is People's coverage of the ex-beau's latest sentencing arguments:Anne Hathaway's ex will definitely do hard time ? the question is how much. Admitted con man Raffaello Follieri ? who pleaded guilty last month to wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy ? is hoping to shave off some of his prison sentence, the Associated Press reports. In papers submitted to a Manhattan federal court Tuesday, his attorney asked that the Italian-born businessman be sentenced to three years in prison, not the four-plus years he agreed to in his plea deal, the wire service reports.  Attorney Flora Edwards says Follieri had good intentions when he started a business to buy property from the Catholic church...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on October 16, 2008 (boomark / email).