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Another Wal-mart (sentencing) discount for former executive

By Douglas A. Berman

This article discussing a high-profile federal sentencing in Arkansas provides yet another example of the impact of the Supreme COurt's Gall decision on currect federal sentencing realities.  Here are some highlights:A federal court judge Friday gave former Wal-Mart vice chairman Tom Coughlin nearly the same sentence he gave him in August 2006. After a three-hour sentencing hearing Friday, U.S. District Judge Robert Dawson again sentenced Coughlin to five years of probation and 27 months of home detention with an electronic monitoring device. Added to Coughlin?s sentence Friday was 1, 500 hours of community service.... Coughlin, 58, pleaded guilty in January 2006 to wire fraud and tax evasion, admitting he stole gift cards and equipment from the world?s largest retailer...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 02, 2008 (boomark / email).