Paul Manafort faces 305 years

[appleannie1943]

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Source: CNN

Paul Manafort could face the rest of his life -- and almost 300 years or more -- in prison, a federal judge said Tuesday.

"Given the nature of the charges against the defendant and the apparent weight of the evidence against him, defendant faces the very real possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison," federal judge T.S. Ellis III of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia wrote Tuesday.

Manafort, 68, has been under similar home arrest and bail conditions for a separate case in Washington, DC, federal court that was filed in late October.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/13/politics/paul-manafort-faces-305-years/index.html

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That should be incentive to squeal like the pig he is.

[pazzyanne]

1. Couldn't happen to a "nicer?" guy.

[lapfog_1]

2. However, he and his two daughters are facing

death by a binary nerve agent.

or polonium or random fall out of a building or unexplained car crash.

so prison might seem the better choice.

[CentralMass]

3. Can tRump pardon him ?

[JI7]

4. what if the alternative is Death by Putin

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. Locking - duplicate thread

of https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142012312 . Please continue discussion there. Thanks.