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Former congressman Duke Cunningham lamenting decision to plead guilty for sentencing break

By Douglas A. Berman

As reported in this San Diego Union Tribune article, "Randy 'Duke' Cunningham, the disgraced former congressman from Rancho Santa Fe, said in an interview from prison that he regrets pleading guilty almost five years ago to conspiracy and tax evasion charges, and that he did so on the advice of his lawyers when he was physically and emotionally weakened." Here is more: Prosecutors said he accepted millions in money, gifts, meals and trips from defense contractors Brent Wilkes and Mitchell Wade.  Before admitting guilt, Cunningham ? like all defendants ? had to say he was doing so voluntarily and was not under duress. But the former congressman now says that at the time he was physically weak from having dropped close to 100 pounds from cancer treatments and other maladies...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 23, 2010 (boomark / email).