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We feel completely vindicated by the sentencing. This is somebody who ruins lives, he ruined my life and ruined many other people?s lives.

John Atkinson

The government's false statements that everything had been obtained and produced worked a fraud upon the court and defeated Mr. McVeigh's right to a fair trial and sentencing proceeding.

Robert Nigh

The risk of racial prejudice infecting a capital sentencing proceeding is especially serious in light of the complete finality of the death sentence.

Byron R. White

Every criminal defendant on trial now or awaiting sentencing (in cases) involving massive financial crimes should be dancing in the aisles.

Orin Snyder

Nothing that I did post-sentencing had anything to do with being disrespectful to you because I have the utmost respect for you, sir.

John English

There's no requirement for the accused to explain why he pleaded guilty. He may do so at sentencing.

Henry Reiner

[Morgan said he feels Buckley should not have received another hearing on his sentencing because there was no wrongdoing by himself or the witness. The drug task force agent] did not testify at the re-sentencing, ... Therefore, he doesn't have any grounds for another hearing.

Henry Morgan

To invalidate the Sentencing Guidelines system would also be contrary to the express sentencing policy of this state of maintaining uniformity, proportionality, and predictability in sentencing.

Alan Page

You can have a jury of 12 and have one juror overrule the other 11 in the sentencing phase of a capital case. You're not really allowing the process to go through.

Michael Rushford

New information has emerged to show the evidence upon which I relied in sentencing Mr. Morales to death — Mr. Samuelson's testimony — is false.

Judge Charles Mcgrath

Character witnesses are for when you're guilty and are looking for lenient sentencing.

Charles Polk

This was an excellent result. The sentencing reflects the crimes committed.

Bob Gould

As long as the argument that they make to the judge comports with the minimum and the maximum allowed by the statute and the aggravating factors they bring forward are allowed by the sentencing statute ... that's their discretion and their job, ... And if they didn't do it, then we'd probably live in a less safe community.

Charles Rose

This case combines a defendant who discovered and revealed a much bigger fraud than his own, revealed his own crime in the process, and then made full restitution, not merely prior to sentencing, but even before any criminal investigation was commenced.

Terry Ward

I was disappointed with the verdict and the sentencing.

Lee Hunter

He accepted responsibility and we followed the Probation Department's recommendation for sentencing.

Kevin Duffy

It's been nonstop since the day I found out, ... I knew when the verdict came down and then the sentencing, that I didn't have any time to play around. I had to get the album done, and all the other things in my life settled quickly. I'd never done an album so fast before, and in a way it was a good thing. The music just kind of rolled out.

Lil' Kim

The judge was authorized to determine for sentencing purposes whether crack, as well as cocaine, was involved.

Stephen G. Breyer

Once the sentencing in this case is complete we are going to look at all the evidence federal authorities have obtained and will release. We will use it to evaluate the handling of this investigation and future investigations.

Jeff Messer

He is going to have an incentive to give a lot of information about others that will help him at sentencing. The way this has been moving, it's been speeding up at the end. You would expect public officials to start to go in the next month; at least one of them. There's not that much left to do.

Stan Brand

The only sentencing objectives to be achieved in this case are deterrence and retribution.

Johann Engelbrecht Sc

If we're gonna get rid of parole, we get rid of parole - go back to full time sentences, truth in sentencing and parole at the end of that, so there's actually an incentive for prisoners to be reformed before they come out of jail.

Garth Mcvicar

Suppose a case with five defendants and 20 victims. Does each victim have the right to speak at the sentencing of each defendant?

Daniel Friedman

We don't know what's in it, but we know the result. The judge is asking that we proceed with the sentencing.

Ashraf Nubani

It's getting increasingly easy to swap software and increasingly hard to catch pirates. These new sentencing guidelines give law enforcement some real ammunition.

John Wolfe

The public seems to associate the fact that Brian Caldwell's (sentencing) on charges unrelated to this as the end of this case. Regardless of what anyone out there may think, this is still an unsolved case.

Joe Ciccarelli

The state agrees with Storms that his sentence may be impacted by the Ohio Supreme Court's decision in State v. Foster. The state has no objection to having Storms returned to the trial court for re-sentencing.

Patrick Lang

It is unlikely that the Court of Appeal gave no consideration of the discretions available to the sentencing judge.

Michael Kirby

Depending upon the special conditions, they may or may not be required to stay in a group home. That's all depending on what the judge does in their probation or parole at the time of their sentencing.

Wayne Delk

I can't be objective as far as the sentencing goes.

Brian Long

There have been dramatic changes in the way murder cases are handled. Judges now have to schedule a lengthy sentencing hearing and there are now only five inmates on death row, down from close to 40 in August.

Nancy Anderson

Ontario believes that the sentencing provisions in the Criminal Code need to send the appropriate message when it comes to illegal firearms. This message should be one of 'zero tolerance' for illegal activity related to the possession and use of firearms.

Michael Bryant

The sentencing court never considered the expression of remorse of the defendant, never considered her attempts to help herself and never considered her rehabilitation efforts.

Kate Kelly

We will not have a complete picture of the damage that may have been caused until we have completed our formal damage assessment. That will begin immediately after the trial and sentencing.

John Deutch

The sentencing of James Davies marks the end of an extensive and thorough investigation involving three police forces.

Tom Mason

It puts you at very high risk of having high error rates. It also puts you at high risk of sentencing people to death who will later turn out to be innocent.

James Liebman

He should have never plead guilty, we also think that the sentencing is too harsh.

Gary Grant

This is really unprecedented in the history of the federal death penalty for a judge to wait such an extraordinarily long time before holding the sentencing hearing.

Cheryl Hanna

The government will dismiss the remaining counts of the Miami indictment at the time of sentencing and will also recommend that the sentence imposed in the Miami case run concurrently to any sentence imposed as a result of charges filed today in the District of Columbia.

Neal Sonnett

It's hard to forgive. We have to forgive -- we're commanded in the Bible to forgive. It's something I have to work on, and the only thing we can pray for is this sentencing. We pray that it does work.

Verlin Posey

People who are arrested for OWI, for example, probably don't need to be locked up while they are awaiting sentencing. And there are some people who learn how to be worse in jail. Getting the right people involved in interventions will reduce the likelihood of recidivism.

Mark Goldman

We're not going to cast aspersions on anyone being to blame for the (domestic violence) case not keeping him in prison. The prosecutor's office did its job. It's up to the courts and the corrections department to oversee his sentencing. Though obviously, the system failed somewhere.

William Cataldo

Policymakers would be wise to reconsider the wisdom of current sentencing and drug policies, both to avoid expensive incarceration costs and to invest in more productive prevention and treatment approaches to crime.

Marc Mauer

Only when people are aware of the consequences can sentencing be a deterring factor.

Albert Wynn

[The ESA called the sentencing] a clarion warning for others contemplating computer and video game piracy, ... sentences of this magnitude send a clear message to game retailers that selling pirate products has serious consequences, including prosecution to the fullest extent of the law.

Douglas Lowenstein

We have called in the Malaysian High Commissioner today to register our consternation directly with governmental authorities over Mr. Anwar's trial and sentencing.

Lloyd Axworthy

You could see him sinking smaller and smaller as the sentencing got closer and closer.

Norman Williams

I don't know what kind of impact this sentencing that happened back in '91 had on his behavior.

Branny Vickory