U.S. District Judge James I. Cohn.
A judge says federal prosecutors have the discretion to yank an offer of a reduced prison sentence.
April 18, 2018 at 03:57 PM
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An on-and-off-again government motion is dead on trimming the 50-year prison sentence of disbarred ex-law firm chairman Scott Rothstein for engineering a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme.
U.S. District Judge James Cohn ruled Monday that federal prosecutors “clearly may withdraw” their motion for a reduced sentence tied to Rothstein’s commitment to fully cooperate.
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