Judge sentences former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert to 15 months in federal prison

[PearliePoo2]

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-secu

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/victim-testifies-that-dennis-hastert-sexually-abused-him-as-a-17-year-old-boy-i-was-devastated/2016/04/27/b38791ea-07ef-11e6-b283-e79d81c63c1b_story.html

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[Cirque du So-What]

1. Less than he deserves

but more than I expected.

[PearliePoo2]

2. Sentence exceeded what prosecutors recommended.

CHICAGO —A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert to 15 months in federal prison — a term above what even prosecutors had recommended and one that clearly takes into account the sexual abuse allegations that generated the criminal case against the Illinois Republican.

[ReRe]

3. Huh?

CNN says it's two years probation. Wonder which one is accurate? I lay odds on WaPo.

[keithbvadu2]

4. Only 15 months for child molesting but

the right wingers will whine that he is a victim.

Actually, he was not sentenced for the child molesting but it was a factor.

Kind of like OJ getting off for murder but imprisoned for crimes about his memento type products.

Or Al Capone jailed for tax evasion.

Sometimes you have to accept what you can get.

[Shrike47]

9. He wasn't being sentenced for child molesting.

[keithbvadu2]

13. That's why I said:

"Actually, he was not sentenced for the child molesting"

[PearliePoo2]

5. Seems like Hastert's good pals like...

Tom Delay and the other hypocritical G.O.P. scumbags that wrote letters in Hastert's defense, didn't have sway over the judge.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

6. In a surprise twist, Tom Delay also given 15 months "just for being an asshole."

[brooklynite]

7. I'm sure he's very sorry, and it won't happen again...

[eggplant]

8. Does he have to register as a sex offender?

[Shrike47]

10. No. He wasn't convicted for a sexual offense, he was convicted of a crime involving bank withdrawals

[Bradical79]

11. Can they go after him for being a child molester? -nt

[curiouso]

12. Justice?

Perhaps they ought to put him in a cell with a 285-pound cleric and let them work it out themselves who gets the top bunk.

[Zambero]

14. You knew it was curtains for Hastert

when Tom Delay emerged as a :character witness".

[demwing]

15. that's going to be a long, hard, painful 15 months for Denny.

[c588415]

16. After being sentenced, hopefully Denny's attorney passed him some soap-on-a rope and a

butt-plug, or two for just in case.

[Crabby Appleton]

17. To bad it took so long

for this POS to get caught.