A judge gave them both short sentences, saying the recommended prison terms would be too long.
As the number grew, Congress increased the recommended prison terms and established a mandatory minimum sentence of five years for anyone convicted of receiving child pornography.
The Federal Sentencing Guidelines provide an additional incentive to those who plead guilty by reducing the recommended sentence for "acceptance of responsibility," which in this case further reduced the recommended prison term by a little over a year.
Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the recommended prison term will be two to three years, so if he is convicted he will pay a heavy price for some pretty unsophisticated insider trading.
In a fraud case like this one, the defendants could be looking at recommended prison terms of more than 15 years if even a portion of JPMorgan's losses on the swaps were attributed to their violations.
In a plea agreement that called for a recommended prison term of 15 to 20 years, he admitted eight counts of extortion affecting interstate commerce and one count of use of fire to commit a felony.
Now that large volumes of data stream with a click, the average recommended prison term for possession has jumped to 10 years, even if a defendant has no criminal record and there is no evidence that he produced or distributed porn.
Anybody on an IPP would receive a recommended prison sentence, but they wouldn't be freed until they could per- suade the parole board they were no longer a danger to the public, no matter if that recommended sentence had been served.
Prosecutors are expected to recommend prison time for both men.
The government has designated a prisons ombudsman since 1993 to monitor conditions and recommend prison reforms.
