This light sentence really hurts.

[madaboutharry]

The 47 months that Manafort received really hurts my heart. It hurts because it stands as another example of how the Justice system in this country is simply different for a rich white man. It makes me ashamed.

[SkatmanRoth]

1. Manafort's life expectancy in prison is only 45 months

[MH1]

2. Yeah, you're not kidding.

[gopiscrap]

3. me too

[OliverQ]

4. White collar crime pays.

This judge is totally in Trump's pocket and spent the whole trial rebuking Mueller.

[democratisphere]

5. Judge Ellis is no better than the criminals he sentences.

What an idiot.

[brush]

6. There are other trials/charges still to come, right?

He's not getting out.

[uponit7771]

12. +1, looks like the DC judge can stack the charges

[asiliveandbreathe]

7. We will see next week if the sentence is stacked, or runs concurrent...by judge Jackson -

Good read at Buzzfeed...Zoe Tillman -


https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/paul-manafort-prison-sentence-virginia-mueller-probe

Manafort potentially faces even more time behind bars. Manafort's judge in DC, US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, has the option of stacking her sentence on top of Ellis's 47-month sentence, or she could run it at the same time. He faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in his DC case, since each of the two counts carries up to five years in prison.

[fescuerescue]

23. extremely unlikely that it'll be stacked

At least that's what I've read from various lawyers.

Stacking is usually reserved for violent criminals.

[jberryhill]

28. Can you point me to what you've read?

I’d like to read that.

[blue cat]

8. Yes it does

I had to turn off tv. I might watch Rachel but it’s beginning to be too much.

[Still In Wisconsin]

9. Fine. Let him serve his serve his 47 months in general population

at the Virginia State Penitentiary. We'll see how long he lasts.

[The Truth Is Here]

27. With COs looking the other direction for the next 47 months

[Hermit-The-Prog]

10. white GOPer gets rich by crime, gets slap on the wrist

Lesson: Steal big enough to buy your own "justice".

[KelleyKramer]

16. They seized all his money and assets

[Hermit-The-Prog]

21. nope. he's still a multimillionaire

[berksdem]

11. Not even sure what to say....

I feel the same way. Feel deflated about this but we need to move forward and fight.

[The Wielding Truth]

13. But he is facing another sentence in another court. Let's hope this one is harsher.

Manafort hears from one judge, appeals to another as he awaits sentencing
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, in the last days before he learns how long he'll spend in prison, is facing an uphill battle for leniency from judges in two federal courts.....https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/01/politics/manafort-virginia-memo/index.html

[handmade34]

14. My heart has been hurting

for over 2 years... this is just another sharp blow... I am ashamed as well

[Lifelong Protester]

15. I agree with you.

[malaise]

17. Look at it this way

The President's campaign Chair is going to prison
The RNC's Deputy Finance Chair is going to prison
Others are going to prison and there is more to come.

This is the biggest political scandal in US history - under the vile MAGAcretin.
He is an abysmal failure and a crook on steroids. That's a lullaby to my ears

[VOX]

18. Thanks for the reality check, my friend.

Yeah, justice wasn’t served yesterday, and that stinks. But all the same wheels and mechanisms are still in motion. We know by experience that next week could easily bring another issue to the fore, displacing the first Manafort trial fallout to secondary status.

And you’re right, malaise— some of these key crooks are going to prison, and more will be joining them. Convicted criminals. Full stop.

[malaise]

20. The light sentence is frustrating but the bigger picture

is he and others are going to prison.

[pressbox69]

19. I'm thinking of

Judge Bruce Wright. The lefty judge who served 25 years in NY, starting in 1970. Labeled "Turn em' loose Bruce"by the media and police, the sentences he gave street criminals were considered too lenient and resulted in a firestorm from the right throughout the seventies. Perhaps if these slaps on the wrist continue for criminals like Manafort and 1% child molester Jeffrey Epstein the left will have to create some firestorms of their own.

[louis c]

22. Watch for Judge Amy Jackson next week...

...my prediction; an additional 7 years to run consecutive, meaning after the Virginia sentence, not served at the same time, for a total of 131 months.

[PJMcK]

29. Maybe she'll go for the full 10-year sentence (n/t)

[Capt. America]

24. More money, more justice.

White collar criminals seem to never really get what is coming to them.

[Aussie105]

25. There is a reason

why mafioso always wear nice and expensive clothes . . .

But the big picture is that the rats are being cornered, trapped and dealt with one at a time.

Getting there, one rat at a time.

I guess 'draining the swamp' is a good term to use?

[duforsure]

26. We may eventually learn

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If this sentence was from a corrupted judge, and that gets exposed for this, that could change things quickly. It would not surprise me either, by way of threats, or bribes and payoffs it could be investigated if it was corrupted from trump or putin , or the rusian mafia, or others . If they found any dirt on this judge, they used it against him. Thanks for your post on the unfair system, and hopefully it'll be fair , and just to all some day again, not just for the people in power and the corrupt to escape real justice.