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The criminal complaint in USA v. Faisal Shahzad...

By Douglas A. Berman

can be accessed at this link.  Obviously, this case is not yet at the sentencing stage, but the complaint reveals that Shahzad is already admitting his involvement in various criminal activities.  Thus, it seems that the guilt of this defendant is not much at issue and this particular case is already functionally and perhaps soon will be formally all about sentencing. I wonder whether Shahzad knows enough and can say enough to earn a substantial assistance 5K letter.  I wonder if the politics surrounding this high-profile case would even permit federal prosecutors to provide such a letter even if they felt it was earned.

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 04, 2010 (boomark / email).