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Interesting prison and restitution recommendations in Erin Andrews peeper prosecution

By Douglas A. Berman

This news report from the Los Angeles Times, which is headlined "Prosecutors ask for 27-month prison sentence for man who spied on ESPN's Erin Andrews," provides a high-profile and opaque window into the alchemy behind how federal prosecutors develop sentencing recommendations. Here are the basics from the report: The Illinois man who spied on an ESPN reporter through her hotel room door and posted nude videos of her on the Internet may face time in federal prison and more than $300,000 in restitution, according to a sentencing document filed Monday. Prosecutors in the U.S. attorney?s office in Los Angeles are seeking a 27-month prison term for Michael David Barrett, 49, who they said secretly filmed reporter Erin Andrews at three different hotels in three states as she showered and dressed for work...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 10, 2010 (boomark / email).