The Process is the Punishment: Hannah Dugan Sentencing Post-Mortem

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