In federal court, “not guilty” doesn’t always mean no punishment. Under a quirk of federal sentencing law, judges are permitted to consider at sentencing anything that they consider.
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an executive order Wednesday that suspends a second elected prosecutor from office, citing actions that she took to avoid triggering mandatory minimum sentences.
An ethics complaint filed against the district attorney cites media reports regarding two separate incidents in which Zappala allegedly made charging decisions based on personal or political reasons.
we don t have the indictment. it s sealed still. i don t know why. it should be open already. we re not talk about a fugitive. it s a matter of great public interest. the record was falsified to conceal or commit another crime, absolutely absurd. it violates every prudential, policy of underlying the prosecution function. it goes against the aba standards on it. it goes against mr. comey statement. our judgment is no reasonable prosecutor would bring case. prosecutors necessarily weigh a number of factors before bringing charges. those are all the considerations
right? wd e don t have. the indictment. it s sealed still. i don t know why it should ope be opened already. we re not talking here aboutr of a fugitive. it s a matter of great public interest. but assuming the indictment charges something like this misdemeanor of false business records and then turning it into a felony because it was the records were falsified, allegedly to conceal or commit another crime here, maybe what they considero to be an illegal campaign contribution. it s absolutely absurd. it violates every prudential, it goe the prosecution function. it goes against the abaainst standards on it. g it goes against mr. comey statement. how about this? when the clinton indictment was under consideration, comey said although there s evidence of potential violations of the statutes regardingy the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable ment isonable sonable prosecutor would bring case. prosecutor would bring suchssare a case. prosecutors ne