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Old 07-04-2007, 11:14 AM   #29
Claeren
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So, we come back to the original question, was Scotter Libby given an appropriate sentence under federal guidelines (link below):

http://www.ussc.gov/2006guid/tabcon06_1.htm

. . . . . or did he get off lightly or was he persecuted as part of a political agenda?

Cowperson

I already posted this on the first page of the thread in response to your original post:

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And was it a severe or unusual punishment?

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Three of every four people convicted of obstruction of justice have been sent to prison over the past two years, a total of 283 people, according to federal judiciary data. The average term was more than five years. The largest group of defendants were sentenced to between 13 and 31 months in prison, exactly where Libby would have fallen on the charts.

And when did i lose 'skill' points? hmm... I have posted tons of insightful stuff in the last 72 hours and i somewhere lost skill points? It must have been in this thread... ? Sorry... ??

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