WASHINGTON (AOL) — Legal experts and former federal prosecutors say the
Justice Department’s reversal of the sentencing recommendation for
President Trump’s former campaign adviser is an extraordinary
development that could have a long-term impact on public perception of
federal law enforcement’s independence from political interference.
Roger
Stone, a longtime friend of Trump, was convicted last November for
lying to Congress, obstruction of justice and witness tampering. The
Justice Department overruled the seven-to-nine-year sentencing
recommendation prosecutors made in the case.
The controversy over
Stone’s sentencing deepened this morning when President Trump took to
Twitter to congratulate Attorney General William Barr for “taking
control of a case that was totally out of control and perhaps should not
have even been brought.”
Editor: You should know that Roger Stone was convicted of lying to Congress, or, to put it differenctly, convicted of lying to a den full of liars. There was no harm done nor are there any "victimes."
The avereage penalty served for a first offense of rape where "rape" is the only crime is 4 years. Stone was given a 9 year sentence . . . . for lying to a pack of liars. His prosecutors were all anti-Trump folks. Stone is 70 years old. A life sentence , in his case "seven years in jail," was recommended for one reason only, that he was a Trump administrator at one time.
A very reasonable "next step" would be a Presidential commuting of Stone's sentence. Understand that a pardon or exoneration is one thing. A computation leaves the guilty verdict in place as a matter of record, but, allows Stone freedom from an unfair sentencing outcome.
Sounds good to me. I am always on the side of fairness.
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