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Originally Posted by rhadin
As I read the story, it wasn't the defendant who claimed she was trying to follow the American dream but supporters of the defendant. If true, then she was being punished for what others said, not what she said.
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It was her lawyer, Ms. Peduto. Her 'mouthpiece' as it were, making her case for her.
And again, she was not punished for it. She was punished for all the laws she broke. Her lawyer simply did not make a convincing argument for why the judge should set aside the sentencing guidelines and be extra lenient.
The argument sounds to me, as apparently it did to the judge, to be, in part, the implication that the judge should be lenient, because "she only committed these crimes to make a better life for herself and her family. Isn't that what all immigrants want?"
Epic fail. Kudos to Judge Cotes.