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"Sentencing likely to await Blagojevich retrial"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this new AP piece explaining why former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is unlikely to be sentenced until after prosecutors retry him on the many counts on which his first jury could not reach a verdict. Here are a few snippets from the start of the article: He faces a prison term of up to five years ? though how and when he is sentenced depends on a host of factors, including plans by prosecutors to retry him on 23 deadlocked counts and Blagojevich's own vow to appeal the conviction. Lying to authorities carries the least severe penalty of the charges Blagojevich faced in that first trial, and some legal observers believe that ? based on sentencing guidelines ? he could get six months to three years on that charge alone...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 24, 2010 (boomark / email).