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To: Deb
Unfortunately she’ll probably only do a couple of months.

I think these were federal charges. If so, I think she has to serve 85% of the sentence.

30 posted on 03/10/2010 12:16:54 PM PST by freespirited (We're not the Party of No. We're the Party of HELL NO!!!)
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To: freespirited; All
I think these were federal charges. If so, I think she has to serve 85% of the sentence.

My intuition is that you are correct on both counts. The federal government generally prosecutes corruption by state and local government officials under federal statutes. The theory behind that is that the state and local governments could not justly indict, prosecute, and try one of their own, so the "honest" feds have to step in to do the job.

111 posted on 03/10/2010 8:14:05 PM PST by justiceseeker93
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