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Finding 11-Day Sentence Not Too Little but Too Late

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

February 12, 2008 Sidebar, NY Times Finding 11-Day Sentence Not Too Little but Too Late By ADAM LIPTAK Matthew Sinor was in his second year of law school at Ohio State a couple of years ago when he heard that an Army buddy had gotten into trouble with the law. Mr. Sinor rescheduled two exams and flew to Mobile, Ala., to make sure nothing went awry at his friend?s sentencing hearing. The defendant, Sgt. Patrick Lett, had served 17 years in the Army, including two tours in Iraq, and he had pleaded guilty in federal court to selling cocaine. It was up to Judge William H. Steele, a former marine, to decide how to punish him. ?I don?t normally see people standing before me in uniform,? Judge Steele said. Sergeant Lett?s commanding officer, Capt...continue to full post

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