[Miss Marple]

Quite true, regarding the ex-husband. As I understand it, the downward departure has been taken into consideration in the estimates of time she will serve. I am not an expert on federal sentencing guidelines and am only reporting what I have heard two legal experts on Fox say.

If you have a source that explains the guidelines in more detail it would be grat if you could post it.

[Devil_Anse]

A source about the Federal Sentencing Guidelines? Oh, Lordy, you don't want that!

Well, okay... !

The guidelines themselves are online, I believe. Try this:


http://216.239.53.104/search?q=cache:_siXDzlTGD4J:www.ussc.gov/1998guid/tabcon98.htm++online+%22Federal+Sentencing+Guidelines%22&hl=en&start=1&ie=UTF-8

Believe me, if you were to sit down and figure out the factors that are going into Martha's sentencing--or those which go into ANYONE'S federal sentencing--you would want to be paid for it, b/c it will take you some time!

That cite I gave looks funny, but I tested it and it seems to work. Browse through a little bit--you're gonna love it (not)!