Jan 30, 2023
In a perfect world, the presumption of innocence is sacrosanct. If you are found not guilty by a jury, common sense and the constitution dictate that acquitted conduct should not later be used to enhance your sentence on other charges. But in federal court, it is not only possible, but commonplace to increase...
Jan 23, 2023
Well, January is shaping up to be an all Allenbaugh affair. Although we finished our marathon session on December’s metric ton of high-profile federal sentencings, there was one other bombshell that we couldn’t leave untouched: Congress’s criminal referral to the Dept. of Justice of the former president, Donald...
Jan 16, 2023
It was a long wacky December in the world of federal sentencing. I can’t remember a month with more high profile proceedings, and Mark Allenbaugh (www.sentencingstats.com) and I covered all of it in a marathon, 4-hour session.
Here is part 3, dissecting the sentencings of Julie and Todd Chrisley, the star of USA...
Jan 9, 2023
Let's call this part-two of our long days journey into the night of several recent high profile federal setnencings. Continuing our conversation from last week (Sunny Bulwani), we dig in to the sentencing of the very public and tragic fall of attorney Michael Avenatti. We did most of the stats in last week's episode,...
Jan 2, 2023
In this case, we deal with the "ABCs" of federal fraud sentencing, meaning, we're doing a deep comparative analysis of three recent high profile cases: MICHAEL AVENATTI, SUNNY BALWANI, and JULIE & TODD CHRISLEY.
I never ceased to be amazed by the miraculous work Mark Allenbaugh does with sentencing stats, but, maybe...