This updated Houston Chronicle piece provides an early report on the outcome of a sentence case that we spent lots of time with in class. Especially since students surely have lots of other matters to deal with this week, anyone who finds the time and the energy to discuss this outcome will be rewarded with extra bonus class particulation points.
UPDATE: Keep the good comments coming, as I have on my home blog:
Sentencing Class @ OSU Moritz College of Law 
6 responses to “Former judge Samuel Kent gets sentenced to 33 months imprisonment”
“If the sentence is especially harsh, it will seem that Judge Kent is being made an example because of his position.”
What is wrong with that? That was exactly my thought when calculating Kent’s sentence–that he should be punished more harshly because he was a federal judge who obstructed justice. I think 33 months is too short, especially since the victims testified at the sentencing hearing and the sentencing judge got letters from other women. Maybe a civil suit will wipe out his savings.
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I am disappointed in the prosecution for not pursuing more serious sexual assault charges, accepting the lesser plea to avoid the potential embarassment of an aquittal. I personally find it sickening that prosecutors are often eager to overcharge and bully non-violent drug defendants who have hurt only themselves whereas a man with every privilege has almost certainly ruinied two families and he gets the kid gloves.
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I think even with my confused misapplication of the guidelines that is about what I guessed he would get. I suppose it’s right under the law (given he pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice, not the underlying sex crimes) but I agree with the comment above: it makes no sense that nonviolent drug offenders are spending many times more time in prison than this guy.
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I will say same that I think even with my confused misapplication of the guidelines that is about what I guessed he would get. I suppose it’s right under the law….
Because of this article…
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wow!!
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