(09-13-2019, 11:05 PM)BostonCard Wrote: I don't know, ask the homeless woman who paid nothing but committed fraud by claiming that she lived in a school district she didn't live in so that her daughter could get into a better school.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...id/597979/
Not exactly apples to apples, but I think that the two cases show that a lot of factors come into play, way beyond just the size of the payment. GR as a former prosecutor (and I believe also a public defender) has forgotten more about this than I will ever know so I would defer to him. My best guess is that "in for a penny in for a pound" applies. A larger bribe might get a marginally longer sentence, but the biggest factor is that she committed the crime in the first place.
BC
well here's the prosecutor sentencing recommendation for Agustin Francisco Huneeus who paid out $300k
The U.S. Attorney agrees to recommend the following sentence to the Court:
a)incarceration for a period of 15 months;
b)a fine or other financial penalty of $95,000;
c)12 months of supervised release;
d)a mandatory special assessment of $100, which Defendant must pay to the Clerk of the Court by the date of sentencing; 2
e)restitution in an amount to be determined by the Court at sentencing; and f)forfeiture as set forth in Paragraph 6.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/page/fil...1/download
and Huffman's
The U.S. Attorney agrees to recommend the following sentence to the Court:
a)incarceration at the low end of the Guidelines sentencing range as calculated by the U.S. Attorney in Paragraph 3; [not sure why they don't give a value for her but in the paper they said the prosecutor asked for 30 days, in paragraph 3 they calculate her base level offense as 9 vs 16 for Huneeus]
b)a fine or other financial penalty of $20,000;
c)12 months of supervised release;
d)a mandatory special assessment of $100, which Defendant must pay to the Clerk of the Court by the date of sentencing;
e)restitution in an amount to be determined by the Court at sentencing; and 0 forfeiture as set forth in Paragraph 6
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/page/fil...6/download
there are several other plea agreements at the bottom of this page
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/investig...ery-scheme