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47 months is only one or two of sentences coming to manafort. he'll be sentenced in a federal court on d.c. on wednesday. joining us now what paul manafort could face next week and how to understand the 47 months sentence is nancy gurtner, is currently a senior lecturer at harvard law school. >> good to be here. >> judge ellis, says "the court must take into account the characteristic of the defendant." here is how judge ellis expre expressed on manafort. the defendant has no criminal history. he's a graduate of a law school. he earned the add muir

Muir -- admirations of a number of people. he has been a good father and husband and a good friend to others and a generous person. that can't erase his criminal activities. it is, they are factor that counts the court must take into account. what judge ellis did was illustrate the life of privilege of a man who has committed a decade's worth of serious crimes. >> the comment of he lived a blameless life is something that could apply to every single white collar defendants. one of the reasons why white collar crimes was dealt more severely in the sentencing guidelines since 1985 was precisely ...

Sentence, there was no big deal. somehow it would be a bigger deal if manafort had distributed crack in quantities which makes no sense whatsoever. >> who fixes that? >> to some degree, it has to be the sentencing commission has to fix it to some degree. congress has to fix it. the guidelines, the ins sentencing guidelines are completely broken. no one paid attention to the range. sentencing guidelines of 19 to 20 years and everyone tn the sp counsel thought it was ridiculous. >> judge ellis said the government did not argue for a guideline sentence which i thought it was a good thing. clearly...