How Does Federal Sentencing Work? Andrew Russek, an expert criminal defense attorney at Combs Waterkotte, explains the differences between federal and state sentences.
Interview Transcript
Scott Michael Dunn: How does the federal sentencing work?
Andrew Russek: So I’d say one of the big differences in federal court versus state court is [in] state court, if a witness in a domestic case gets over it after two years, you may be able to get that case to go away or get a much better result. You may have a police officer retire, and by the time it goes to trial, it’s a headache for the prosecutor. So they’ll cut you a good deal– you may be able to get out of it via mitigation.
You don’t have that in federal court. They have their facts, they have their evidence. There are legal arguments, and there may be factual arguments, but you are much more often dealing with a case that, again, they are ready to try a week after you have your first detention hearing. So it’s a lot more serious for that reason, as well as there are resources, and their statutory punishments are inherently higher.
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