Tony Weiner's uncontrollable deviance has landed him and his now infamous appendage a 21-month, all expenses paid visit to the Greybar Hotel.
Only Tony won't be headed to Attica or some super-max facility. He won't have to share a cell with Bubba. People like Tony get upgraded to a minimum security, "country club" institution where his chances of getting shivved and pretty remote.
It was the FBI investigation into Weiner's lewd messages to a 15-year old girl using Skype and SnapChat (whatever that is), that rekindled the Hillary-email non-scandal that was instrumental in her defeat by Trump.
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The prosecutor was asking for 21 months; Weiner was looking for probation. Usually the judge saws off somewhere in the middle. Not this time. Weiner also gets 3 years of supervised release and has to register as a sex offender wherever he moves for the rest of his life. That's pretty harsh on a first offence plea.
Cap
His victim this time was 15-years old, Cap. No, this wasn't unduly harsh. He could have received 10 years.
He was only being sentenced for one count of sending her a dick pic. The prosecutor agreed to drop the child porn charges. So the prosecutor's subsequent submission that Weiner requested and received naked images of the girl was irrelevant and inflammatory, and should have raised an objection from the defense. This is likely what led the judge to throw the book at him. I'd consider an appeal.
Cap
I understood Weiner had admitted the acts and that was on the record. Since when has a judge not been able to consider that evidence?
If the evidence was in a joint statement of fact, I agree. I'm just going on what was reported in the NYT, which said those facts came from the prosecutor's submissions. As you know, what gets reported often bears only passing resemblance to what actually happens in court :)
Cap
It's funny, Cap. When I covered the courts in Ottawa I never trusted lawyers. When I became one, I never trusted reporters. I'm not sure I was all that wrong on either account.
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