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The stars of “That ‘70s Show” were among 50 others who asked the judge to be lenient in sentencing the actor, who was found guilty of raping two women.
Letters that were submitted ahead of Mapes’ sentencing last year were initially filed under seal, but were later made public in redacted form by order of U.S. District Judge John Kness.
The rule of lenity, also called the rule of strict construction, is a principle in criminal law that requires a court to interpret an ambiguous or unclear criminal statute in the way that is most favorable to the defendant.
An allocution allows the defendant to explain why the sentence should be lenient. In plea bargains, an allocution may be required of the defendant.The defendant explicitly admits specifically and in detail the actions and their reasons in exchange for a reduced sentence.
Fried pleaded with the judge in her letter to give SBF a lenient sentence and not lock him away for decades as the prosecution wanted. Putting him in prison for so long would “destroy Sam as ...
In U.S. criminal law, a proffer agreement, proffer letter, proffer, or "Queen for a Day" letter is a written agreement between a prosecutor and a defendant or prospective witness that allows the defendant or witness to give the prosecutor information about an alleged crime, while limiting the prosecutor's ability to use that information against him or her.
Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis and other "That '70s Show" stars wrote letters in support of Danny Masterson before he was sentenced to 30 years in prison for drugging and sexually assaulting two women.
The sentence was a mandatory minimum; the sentencing judge, Paul G. Cassell, wrote a lengthy opinion calling the sentence that the court was compelling to oppose "unjust and cruel and even irrational" and urging then-President George W. Bush to commute the sentence. Angelos was released in 2016 after serving 12 years in prison, after a court ...