Paul Manafort sentenced to 47 months in prison in Virginia trial, sentencing in Washington DC case next week

I agree that 47 months seems like a substantial sentence. If this were Iceland or Sweden I’d say that the sentence seemed appropriate. The problem is that US prisons are full of people doing 10 years for a first offense drug possession charge. So the issue is inequality, and the reasons for the inequality - race and preferential treatment for the wealthy.

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