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What sentence will (and should) Bill Lerach get?

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this Reuters story, class-action attorney Bill Lerach has lots of notable supporters as he faces sentencing on Monday:Famed San Diego class-action attorney William Lerach has asked a federal judge to sentence him to a year in prison and to let him serve half that stretch at home as punishment for his role in a client kickbacks scheme, according to court papers filed Friday.  Scores of supporters, including Ralph Nader, commentator Ben Stein and U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, filed letters praising Lerach with the court of U.S. District Judge John Walter, who is set to sentence Lerach Monday. Prosecutors have asked Walter to sentence Lerach, best known for winning more than $7 billion in legal settlements on behalf of Enron investors, to two years in prison...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 11, 2008 (boomark / email).