Sherri Papini who faked her kidnapping gets 18 months in prison
Under sentencing guidelines, Papini could have received up to five years in prison for making false statements and a 20-year sentence for mail fraud.
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Under sentencing guidelines, Papini could have received up to five years in prison for making false statements and a 20-year sentence for mail fraud.
For years, law enforcement searched for Sherri Papini's kidnappers.
Papini's longer-than-recommended sentence was to deter others from "committing financial fraud and making false statements to law enforcement."
In court papers filed on Wednesday, attorneys for the U.S. government said Sherri Papini should get an eight-month prison sentence, followed by three years of supervised release, no fine and a mandatory special assessment of $200 "to promote respect for the law."
Papini's longer-than-recommended sentence was to deter others from \