[lbo-talk] State vs. federal sentencing

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Fri Sep 23 13:48:41 PDT 2005


On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, andie nachgeborenen wrote:


> I don't know about NY, but it would surprise me if all sentences over six
> years get you put in a maximum security prison.

It seems pretty clear this is true in NY. If it's not, the NYT, the NY Law Journal and everyone else reporting on it all have it wrong.


> Usually in any prison system which prison you end up in depends on (a)
> your crime, i.e., whether it was violent (drug crimes are per se violent
> in the federal system), (b) your conduct

It's interesting to hear that New York is a stand out in harshness in this respect. I wonder where it comes from? Another Rockefeller legacy?

Michael



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