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Originally Posted by pwalker8
All I can go by is what the article says.
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but the article does make it clear that Judge Cotes' issue was that she didn't like the idea that someone would say that the defendant was trying to follow the American Dream.
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Oh for Pete sake, that's not what it says at all. It was AN issue, yes, but THE issue was all the laws she broke, and the federal sentencing guidelines of 12-18 months in prison.
And, by the way, the reason it was legitimately AN issue was you can't ask for leniency based on how remorseful you are and how you take responsibility for what you did, then turn around and claim you think you had noble reason for doing what you did, and were following the guiding light of the 'American Dream.'