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  • Judge assails sentencing laws / He reluctantly imposes a 55-year prison term (must read)

    11/18/2004 3:23:03 PM PST · by Former Military Chick · 102 replies · 2,593+ views
    © 2004 Deseret News Publishing Company ^ | November 17, 2004 | Angie Welling
    "To sentence Mr. Angelos to prison for essentially the rest of his life is unjust, cruel and even irrational," U.S. District Judge Paul Cassell said. That said, however, Cassell said he had no choice but to follow the statutes and sentence 25-year-old Weldon Angelos to prison for more than half a century. But in doing so, he called on President Bush to commute Angelos' sentence to one more in line with his crime. The judge suggested 18 years and asked Congress to revisit the mandatory-minimum laws that required the term. The sentence was handed down in front of a full...