Government,
Criminal
Feb. 19, 2020
Interference in criminal sentencing is Stone-cold wrong
More than two centuries of independence at the U.S. Department of Justice were upended last week when political appointees, presumably at the behest of the executive branch, moved to overturn the sentencing recommendation for political operative and presidential friend Roger Stone.
Neama Rahmani
Co-Founder
West Coast Trial Lawyers
350 S Grand Ave, Ste 3325
Los Angeles , CA 90071
Email: nr@westcoasttriallawyers.com
Neama is a former federal prosecutor who now represents plaintiffs in personal injury and employment matters.
More than two centuries of independence at the U.S. Department of Justice were upended last week when political appointees, presumably at the behest of the executive branch, moved to overturn the sentencing recommendation for political operative and presidential friend Roger Stone. In an unprecedented act of interference, Attorney General William Barr went over the heads of career prosecutors to demand that Stone be given a lighter sentence for the seven counts on whi...
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