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ELECTION DAY TUESDAY

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

Before we get to the races across the country, a little local business. The final piece of the Scott Rothstein puzzle was filed yesterday as the Government, through former Dade ASA Larry LaVecchio, asked for 40 years for the Ponzi-Schemeing attorney. The Government's sentencing memo is here. As David O Markus points out on his blog, the sentence is a starting number, as Rothstein can reasonably expect a 33% reduction for his pre and post arrest cooperation. So a thirty year sentence becomes....hmmm.. give us a sec (carry the two, 5, 9...) .....roughly twenty years or so. NOT SO FAST MR. WAX.As several alert readers pointed out, although Brian Tannebaum has been elected President, Barry Wax is standing for election for Treasurer and Sergeant at Arms, and has not yet been elected, although we bestowed a victory upon him yesterday...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on June 08, 2010 (boomark / email).