The Process is the Punishment: Hannah Dugan Sentencing Post-Mortem
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Doug Passon and Mark Allenbaugh analyze the sentencing of Judge Hannah Dugan, discussing the implications of a weaponized DOJ and the concept of the process as punishment.
Ideally, every sentence serves to promote respect for the law. But in an age of the most lawless DOJ in American history – respect for the law is a dead letter. The sentencing of Judge Hannah Dugan is the most recent example of a how a weaponized DOJ is built for retribution, not justice. Doug Passon and sentencing stats expert Mark Allenbaugh conduct one of their famous "sentencing post-mortems", dissecting every aspect of Judge Dugan's sentencing. She avoided a prison cell, but her life is forever changed. The question that should be hanging over every judge in the country right now: who's next to get "Hannah Duganed"? In This Episode: 02:39 – The recap: convicted of obstruction, acquitted of harboring, hit with a $5,000 fine; 04:11 – Why "no prison" doesn't mean the DOJ lost — the process was the punishment; 07:47 – Grading the sentencing memos; 08:18 – The government's fuzzy guideline math and the mysterious Interactive Data Analyzer 34:01 – The BOP designation bullet Judge Dugan dodged 38:01 – The Passon Slap!? (Move over Will Smith). LINK: Original Dugan Pod: For My Enemies, the Law - Set for Sentencing by Doug Passon Law
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