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Any predictions on former Judge Sam Kent's sentence? UPDATE: 33 months

By Douglas A. Berman

This article in today's Houston Chronicle indicates that former federal judge Samuel Kent has his sentencing hearing today: Samuel Kent, who wielded power as a federal judge for 18 years, is very likely to be sentenced to prison today for obstructing justice.  Kent, 59, pleaded guilty in February to obstruction of justice for lying to a judicial committee investigating an allegation he sexually harassed an employee.  The longtime Galveston judge also acknowledged that he?d had nonconsensual sexual contact with two female employees between 2003 and 2007. Kent came to court this morning with his wife and three others.  He walked through the courthouse front door rather than using the secure back entrance for working jurists.  Prosecutors arrived in court with some of Kent's alleged victims and their attorneys...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 11, 2009 (boomark / email).