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Today's dog-bites-man headline in the sentencing world

By Douglas A. Berman

This new story over the AP wire caught my eye because of its shocking headline: "Anne Hathaway's ex-boyfriend not enjoying prison."  Here's more: Italian con man Raffaello Follieri, who went from dating actress Anne Hathawayto serving a prison term for fraud, isn't enjoying the "unspeakably unsanitary" conditions at a federal jail in Brooklyn.  Follieri's lawyer sent a letter to a judge this week complaining about the facility.... The lawyer, Flora Edwards, said things are so bad, it has made Follieri ill.  So far he has had a fever, blood in his urine, intestinal problems and shortness of breath.  Edwards asked the judge to have the 30-year-old transferred back to the federal jail in Manhattanwhere he was previously held.  The judge asked the government to look into Follieri's complaints...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 13, 2008 (boomark / email).