[Howlin]

Sentencing should almost always be "situational".

No, it isn't in this case; there are strick guidelines.

[SarahW]

The judge still has a great deal of discretion in this case. He has the power and leeway under the law to inflict a range of punishments from probation to 5 years in prison.

I think she should get a prison term, and it should be suspended. On the low end, too - a year to sixteen months in the federal pen.

FWIW I am opposed to sentencing guidelines that remove judiciary discretion.