Is 28 months in prison to lenient for Lynne Stewart?
956685
28 months is pure baloney!\n\nShe committed an act of treason.  They left her off easy  because she'd been such a fine citizen before that.  No....she was not a good citizen, she committed treason while appearing to be a good citizen.\n\nShe asked to "live out her life productively"???????  Again, I say, BALONEY!!!!!  She did the crime...she can do the time.\n\nDid I mention that she committed treason?  In most countries you get the firing squad for that.
97042
Go to jail for 25 years (Bernard John Ebbers) or 10 years (Andrew Fastow)
623121
The sentence will be determined at his trial/court date with the judge.  Right now there is probably a bench warrant out on him, which means he could be picked up and held at any time.  \n\nHe needs to get an attorney and contact the courts.  It will just get worse for him if he doesn't.
1106253
Unfortunately, sex offenders don't get much time.  Since a gun was involved, he should get more time, hopefully.  It depends on how well the prosecution does the case, the jury, and how liberal the judge is.  A lot of liberals want the offender to get treatment and there've been lots of cases where a liberal judge will let the offender go.\n\nYour friend should not let that deter her though.  If she backs down, he gets away with it off the bat.  \n\nYour friend will need to seek some good counseling for dealing with this.  Rape is very traumatic.  I was raped almost 11 years ago and it still haunts me.  I wasn't allowed to press charges because my rapist was my estranged husband.  They said a husband has the right to have sex with his wife whenever he wants to. She needs to remember that it wasn't her fault and that she didn't deserve it.
566442
Is he guilty?  If he's still in jail from 1979 - it must have been pretty heinous.  I vote you leave him there until he's finished serving his time.
1172751
she should go to jail for 15 and a half years.  that way when she gets out her daughter will be all grown up and she will not be further damaged by her emotionally immature, selfish, slutty mother.
317355
There is no minimum sentence.  The max is 7 years.  You can read about it here...\n\nhttp://168.166.76.135/RSWeb/JSP/RSAINFO90.html\n\nI would guess you might be able to pull of probation.  But it depends on the specifics of your crime.
985826
Oh my.  Yes, she should've gotten a hel l of a lot more than 20 months in prison.  That is absolutely terrible.
208506
10 years term of jail.
1077630
I hear what you're saying but there are certain factors that are taken into consideration when a defendant is being sentenced such as if this is a first offence or a first time offence for a crime of this nature and any mitigation put on behalf of the defendant. \n\nThese factors can result in a 'lenient' sentence.\n\nI also think these youths that are now walking around with pit bull terriers are pretty worrying, looks like they wouldn't think twice to set it upon you should they feel the need to.
247180
No, I don't think ANYONE could handle it.  No books!? And - as to whether it can correct inmates... do people actually DO 20 years of SOLITARY confinement?  That's almost sick.  I think people would go crazy after 6 months... if not much much sooner.  So, if by 'correct' you mean, 'make go crazy and perhaps be even more dangerous and certainly more expensive to take care of' then yes.
1055565
The sheriff there would not allow it be given to a prisoner.  They are very restrictive there and have most amenities denied while they are incarcerated.  Prisoners are denied any special favors.  I'd suggest you hang on to that magazine until the individual gets released.
465428
I'd take the community service...at least your doing something to make up for what you did wrong.  Prison for 5 whole days?      That's not punishment...that's acting research isn't it?  She'll make all those teary-eyed TV appearances when she gets out, and admit she has problems, blah blah blah.  Been there done that...move it along lady.
602708
The person is supposed to serve at least 25 years in prison. That's the minimum if they behave perfectly. For everything they do wrong, that is against prison rules, they get more time added on and can possibly spend the rest of their life in prison.
876848
twenty years in jail.
63566
You definitely will do more time than if you were doing this while NOT on probation!\n\nEither way, illegal, and you deserve everything the law can throw at you.\n\nUPDATE: I wish to openly apologize to the poster of this question who felt that I was personally attacking her with my response. That was not my intent. I was answering the question in the same 2nd-person style in which it was written.
677152
That's a good idea, actually- but I don't know what the sentence should be...\n\nMaybe three years mandatory in prison (minimum!)- without the possibility of getting out early. But if the crime is premeditated and cruel, then the sentence should be more severe.