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The Velveteen Ocelot

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10. Jackson, unlike Ellis, gave Manafort a sentence that was within the sentencing guidelines,

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Wed Mar 13, 2019, 12:41 PM

Mar 2019

and was actually somewhat high for a typical white-collar crime, and she had no power to correct for Ellis' failure to follow the guidelines. Manafort has also had to forfeit most of his assets so when he gets out he'll be old (77) and broke. There's also the possibility that state prosecutors will go after him. Looks like a pretty reasonable dose of justice to me.

If you've ever seen the inside of a federal prison, even a minimum-security one, you wouldn't complain that he isn't getting punished enough. Prison sucks a lot, and it will especially suck for a guy who was accustomed to living high off the hog.

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Well, a total of 7.5 years! [View all] imanamerican63 Mar 2019 OP

I would have liked the sentence to be longer, but I won't complain. bearsfootball516 Mar 2019 #1

It's about half his life expectancy... Turbineguy Mar 2019 #2

I've seen other posters mention he may still get hit with state charges in the future. bearsfootball516 Mar 2019 #4

The Ukrainians may want their pound of flesh too. Turbineguy Mar 2019 #6

Speaking of... bearsfootball516 Mar 2019 #11

In a country club prison, no doubt! dubyadiprecession Mar 2019 #8

Well, he'll get credit for time served... COL Mustard Mar 2019 #3

The message" White white collar crimes do pay. The judicial system has also been destroyed by allgood33 Mar 2019 #5

I was hoping she'd throw the book at him. calimary Mar 2019 #7

He didn't get off easy. He's had to forfeit most of his assets, and he was given a sentence The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2019 #13

Maybe old and broke, but not beyond wheeler-dealin' again. calimary Mar 2019 #15

Less the 9 months already served, so he'll spend 6 years, 9 months stopbush Mar 2019 #9

He will not even spend that long. True Blue American Mar 2019 #12

Jackson, unlike Ellis, gave Manafort a sentence that was within the sentencing guidelines, The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2019 #10

At 69 years old, 7.5 years is a pretty crushingly long period of time to be in Club Fed mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #14