Like every member of the educated middle class, they’ll be now ratout to the authorities every friend they’ve ever had that they ever suspected of doing anything illegal to gain leniency in their own sentencing.
Actor Felicity Huffman, who pleaded guilty in the college-admissions scandal, was sentenced today to 14 days in jail beginning October 25, along with a $30,000 fine, 250 hours of community service and one year supervised release.
Although this was a compromise between the jail time her own lawyers wanted (none) and what the prosecution requested (a month in stir), the fine is actually $10,000 higher than the $20K asked for by both sides. The prosecution had also asked for a year’s probation, while her lawyers asked for 250 hours of community service. It looks as if the prosecution got more of what it wanted than did the defense. And I think the sentence is about right, for it shows that nobody, now matter how rich and famous, is above the law.
Federal court Judge Indira Talwani said she thinks Felicity Huffman’s punishment is “the right sentence here.”
She…
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