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Sentencing nunsense?

By Douglas A. Berman

You know we live in tough sentencing times when even an ailing elderly nun cannot get a sentencing break.  This local Nebraska story provides all the details:An Omaha nun who admitted stealing money from the local archdiocese has been sentenced to prison.  Sister Barbara Markey and her supporters had expected her to get probation after pleading guilty to stealing more than $250,000.  Instead, the judge gave her a three-to-five-year prison sentence, saying probation would have promoted disrespect for the law. ?I?m shocked and disappointed,? said defense attorney Bill Gallup. ?If ever a person deserved to be put on probation, it was this nun.?.... Markey, 73, had taken the money to fund vacations, homes and a gambling addiction...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 12, 2008 (boomark / email).