MSNBCW The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell March 8, 2019
Federal defendant didnt get 25 years in prison tonight. But i would like to see i would like to see Paul Manaforts sentencing bring federal sentencing into a new phase and have everyone elses sentence reduced in proportion to Paul Manaforts sentence because this is a country where oversentencing is our biggest problem. And thats what sentencing guidelines are about. Barbara mcquade was just very eloquent about that. The sentencing guidelines exist. Theyre not binding. But they exist essentially to give statistically sound guidance to judges who are looking at trying to make sure that people ge...