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Who was the last spy executed? The Rosenbergs? Aldrich Ames and Robert Hansen are considered the two most damaging spies in history, and both of them got senten
by jonathankoren 3y ago
Who was the last spy executed? The Rosenbergs? Aldrich Ames and Robert Hansen are considered the two most damaging spies in history, and both of them got sentenced to life in prison. Times like this, I'm reminded of Ken White's (aka Popehat's) comment about how federal sentencing guidelines actually work.
https://popehat.substack.com/p/beware-the-flood-of-trump-sentencing https://popehat.substack.com/p/beware-the-flood-of-trump-sen...
- dragonwriter 3y agoThe important thing to note about federal sentencing guidelines is that they are, like the Pirate Cose, more what you'd call guidelines than actual rules. Departures in both directions are permitted, so particularly sui generis cases, like Trump, might end up anywhere in the range permitted by law independent of the guidelines, without a lot of clear indication of where.