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"Terminally ill fraudster given 'life sentence'"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this interesting article from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution sent my way by a helpful reader.  Here are excerpts: Adolphus Hill knew the sentence -- any sentence -- he received Friday would likely be a life term.  A year ago, Hill pleaded guilty to his role in a fraudulent check-cashing scheme.  Earlier this week, he was diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer. In an unusual court proceeding Friday, Hill lay handcuffed to his hospital bed at the Southern Regional Medical Center in Riverdale listening in a conference call to his sentence being handed down by a federal judge in an Atlanta courtroom. Between deep coughs, Hill, 64, of Atlanta, said he regretted being part of a conspiracy that netted an estimated $622,900 from stolen checks...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 21, 2010 (boomark / email).