Roger Stone was convicted on 7 counts by a jury but was released on his own cognisance pending sentencing. I thought that this indicated that the judge was going to low ball the sentence and not follow the guide line of 7-9 yrs in jail. In addition the judge has been low balling all the sentences on political subjects. George Papadopoulos served only 14 days in jail, for example.*
So I figured that she may go with a sentec of 18 mo. Because Donald Trump got into the act and because Roger Stone was so poorly behaved (defying a gag orderm, for example) she might add a year to make 30 mo.
In the end, the judge settled on a 40 mo. sentence, but she has let Stone be free until she rules on whether Stone deserves a new trial as has been requested by Stone’s lawyers.
Stone is one of six Trump advisers and confidants who have either been convicted or pleaded guilty in connection with former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation. That list includes former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, former deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates, former national security adviser Michael Flynn, former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen and former campaign adviser George Papadopoulos.**
This is the cause of the request for a new trial. Why did Stone's lawyers pick her?
Former Memphis City Schools Board President Tomeka Hart revealed Wednesday that she was the foreperson of the jury that convicted former Trump adviser Roger Stone on obstruction charges last year -- and soon afterward, her history of Democratic activism and a string of her anti-Trump, left-wing social media posts came to light.***
* Paul Manadort is actual in jail on a sentence of 7-1/2 years ns has acgtually been in jail for more than a year. Michael Cohen has been in prison for nearly a year. Michael Flynn is yet to be sentenced. Rick Gates gets 45 days of weekend jail. Unlike Manafort, Gates cooperated fully with authorities which explains the light sentence.
** https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/roger-stone-sentence-due-thursday-in-federal-court/2020/02/19/2e01bfc8-4c38-11ea-9b5c-eac5b16dafaa_story.htm
*** https://www.foxnews.com/politics/roger-stone-juror-justice-department-anti-trump-social-media
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