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"Prosecutors want Nacchio to attend June resentencing"

By Douglas A. Berman

Th title of this post is the headline of this interesting Denver Post piece.  Here is how it begins: Federal prosecutors want imprisoned former Qwest chief executive Joe Nacchio to show up in U.S. District Court in Denver when he receives a new sentence June 24. Nacchio's presence at the hearing would help achieve some of the goals of sentencing, such as "having the defendant personally receive the official expression of the condemnation of his conduct, showing confidence in the justness of the sentence, promoting respect for the law, promoting deterrence and treating victims fairly," Assistant U.S. attorney Kevin Traskos wrote in a court document filed Monday. Nacchio's attorneys had waived his right to appear at the resentencing. I cannot recall a case in which the defendant waive a right to appear but the government wanted the defendant to be there.continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 17, 2010 (boomark / email).