The Dispute Over Roger Stone’s Recommended Sentence Explained

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How much time should Roger Stone serve in prison? The answer involves a complicated set of legal calculations

Trial prosecutors argued four add-on punishments apply, but senior Justice Department officials disagreed

Longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone was indicted by special counsel Robert Mueller for lying to Congress about his contact with WikiLeaks, the organization that released emails allegedly hacked by Russian intelligence officials. WSJ’s Shelby Holliday breaks down the charges. Photo Illustration: Laura Kammermann

 

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HE SHOULD GO TO PRISON BE BUBBA'S SEX TOY FOR ABOUT THE TIME OF KY JELLY RUNS OUT.ABOUT 3YRS.

It matters nothing, since Donald will pardon him asap.

He deserves 100 years

Trump demanded the EXECUTION of the CENTRAL PARK 5 - they were blacks of no value to him.

Yeah, money

He deserves zero years, not until others are held accountable for the same crimes!

Hell Yeah! Trump getting the band back together! Blagojevich on Bass Milken, Guitarist Manafort on Drums with Vocals from Donald Trump Featuring Nixon MixMaster Stone!

How many replying to this tweet actually know what Roger Stone was convicted of? My guess - very few.

Let him get his Trump tatoo first

About as much time as McCabe

I stand with the sentence prosecutors initially wanted -- 7-9 years!

Mueller’s prosecutors asked for more time than rapists get. That sound fair?

7-9 years!

From what I understand the 7/9 years was within sentencing guidelines. If that is true then 7/9 years would be appropriate. If he wasnt a friend of the president what would he get for a sentence? Give him that!

Z E R O.

9 years isn't enough, should be more?

If I had my way, I’d give him a life sentence and a day. Our people will take a lifetime to to recover from the damages he caused. The day after his life ends world be the day to bury him in all kind of feces.

Zero days.

I say, he should at least serve enough time for another man beside Nixon to implants himself on Roger Stone's back several times!

How much time will Democrats who lied to congress servein prison?

How about the approved and agreed upon sentencing guidelines? Isn’t that why they exist? 🤔🤔🤔

Life without parole.

The time he would have received from the same jury if he were not affiliated with Trump but rather Obama or Hillary

I'll settle for 8 years!

The maximum.

Ultimately Trump may decide this. As he not so subtly reminded everyone this week, the POTUS wields the power to pardon or commute sentences.

How does Trump know so many weirdos?

7 years for what he did, 3 for looking like the dude who dances in front of 6 Flags

It’s complicated. If you’re an independent-minded Federal Prosecutor then the answer is “a lot”. If you’re under Trump’s thumb: a little to nothing. If you’re Trump then you think Stone’s sentence should be “pardon”.

The judge is not bound by prosecutors' recommendations. Given the near if not treasonous conduct of Stone, perhaps the court will decide on reconsideration that a seven to nine years sentence is inadequate and raise it to the maximum available under sentencing guidelines.

Does it matter? Trump will pardon in December.

The maximum. It’s not that complicated once you remove the “he’s rich and white” angle, WSJ.

Maybe zero, not so complicated calculation :)

At this rate, until we see some Justice on Comey, McCabe, Brennen, then I see no reason Stone should be sentenced! In fact he should have a new trial! If the Judge continues forward w/this and Stone is sentenced, I hope well be seeing an appeal! The whole thing is crazy!

What I believe is if Trump wants a multiple-murderer’s sentencing reduced, some judges in the DOJ will find some sanctimonious reasoning and conditions in laws to white wash the sentence too!

Time served. Jail the judge now.

White entitled followed by the inevitable pardon from the orange turd.

... 0 !!!

... that professional lawyers had figured out based on law, precedent, and existing guidelines, only to be overruled by the President’s personal, based nothing on law desires Keep America Great my arse. Meanwhile, the GOP

None. McCarthyism rules in this country.

I don’t care

NONE! ZERO! ZIP! Seriously? The 'lie' would have never been given the opportunity, had it not been for the ILLEGAL INVESTIGATION on the Greatest President this county has ever seen and sadly probably WILL EVER SEE! MAGA2020 DemDebate

How much for a politically based prosecution.

Same amount of time as McCabe, Comey, Susan Rice, Peter Strzok, John Brennan and all the other lefty fibbers.

Just imagine he’s black and poor and it’ll come really easy to you.

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