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Watching politicians, lawyers, and advocates explain why they think Manafort’s sentence was so lenient reminds me that most Americans have no idea how much punishment comes from just one year in an American prison followed by thousands of collateral consequences that never end.https://twitter.com/johnfpfaff/status/1103869002135199744 …
A 47-month in an American prison is a lot of punishment. That kind of sentence for property offenses would be considered steep in many countries. But Americans we are conditioned to seeing much larger sentences.
And no one is talking about the unofficial punishments people face while serving time American prisons. But those punishments are very real (see below). If you’ve never spent time in federal prison I don’t know how you can successfully evaluate just how harsh 47 months truly is.pic.twitter.com/tPHCEfBUVf
We need to radically reevaluate the American punishment scheme by lowering sentences for all offenses until we reach the point where Manafort’s sentence is seen as significant punishment. Level down not up.
Professor @hashtagblevin makes the level down not up point in this piece in the context of mens rea reform. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3264522 …
I served 8 years for a crime & knew better the day I reported it. The 6pm news was enough to disgrace a 40 year career. Not sure 8 years made me learn anything...the embarrassment was plenty. We used to have short sentances...and less crime. Prison as a deterrent? Try education..
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