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Former NY Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik will be sentenced Thursday in federal court in White Plains. The courthouse has been preparing for an big influx of media.
Both sides have asked the judge for a sentence between 27 and 33 months. I explain both sentencing memos and the Government's unwarranted (in my view) request to have him taken into custody Thursday here.
Why can't the Government be satisfied with a just sentence rather than have to go for the extra pound of flesh to make the sentence as miserable as possible for the defendant?
Update: The Judge sentenced Bernie to four years in prison, more than the Government requested. In other words, he rejected the plea agreement, which called for 27 to 33 months. AP report on reasons the judge went above the guidelines:
Kerik was "the chief law enforcement law enforcement officer for the biggest and grandest city this nation has," Robinson said. The crimes were committed "in the process of attempting to become a cabinet level position in the government of the United States."
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