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Defendants Fresh From War Find Service Counts in Court

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Defendants Fresh From War Find Service Counts in Court By JOHN SCHWARTZ Published: March 15, 2010- NY Times CHARLESTON, W.Va. ? When Judge Robert C. Chambers handed down Timothy Oldani?s federal sentence for selling stolen military equipment on eBay, he gave the former Marine a break. Timothy Oldani of Scott Depot, W.Va., served in Iraq and suffers from post-traumatic stress syndrome. He is among veterans whose service has been considered in criminal sentences. In Iraq, Mr. Oldani had performed the jangling work of detonating improvised explosive devices and had seen six of his fellow Marines burned alive in an armored vehicle. He left the service with traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress syndrome that, the judge concluded, had clouded his judgment...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on March 16, 2010 (boomark / email).