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The "Bernie benchmark" already brought to bear in Dreier case

By Douglas A. Berman

Right after last week's sentencing of Bernie Madoff, I explained here why I thought Judge Chin's decision to impose a sentence of 150 years really mattered for the federal sentencing system.  As I explained in this post, "though the choice of this magic sentencing number of 150 years ? as opposed to 30 years or 50 years or 100 years ? really means very little to Bernie Madoff, it could end up meaning a lot to the government and to some future defendants as a new white-collar sentencing benchmark." This new article from Reuters, which is headlined "U.S. seeks 145-year sentence for NY lawyer," suggests I do not have too long to say "told ya." Here are the basics: U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday asked a judge to sentence high-profile New York lawyer and admitted fraudster Marc Dreier to 145 years imprisonment or a term that ensures he spends the rest of his life in prison...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 08, 2009 (boomark / email).