Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, October 30, 1993 TAG: 9310300114
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: A2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
"I have no sympathy with the Lyndon LaRouche movement, and I understand that people were financially hurt by the `presumed loans' which were determined to be securities by the SCC and at the trial. . . . Yet, extended prison sentences such as those determined by the jury would seem to be disparate as compared to those convicted in other related or similar cases." \ Robert Cunningham, R-Springfield:
"It appears to this outside observer that these sentences are excessive, when compared to the sentences received by Michael Milken, Ivan Boesky and Charles Keating. They are also far longer than LaRouche associates received in federal court in Alexandria."\ Del. Richard Fisher, R-Vienna
"The current cost to house a criminal is $17,000 a year. . . . I firmly believe that our taxpayers would have no problem with this cost if it meant keeping two violent criminals off the streets, but the Gallaghers do not qualify as that type of offender."\ Del. Mary Christian, D-Hampton:
"As an African-American, I am particularly sensitive to the broader issues of equal justice or disparate sentences, and of very long prison sentences for first-time convictions on charges of white collar crimes. . . . Please consider this request as a humane appeal in support of sentence reduction motions in the forementioned cases."
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