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Sid Backstrom sentence

June 27th, 2008 @ 3:37 pm - by NMC · 9 Comments

28 months. Asked about cooperation, the government says that he has done everything they’ve asked. More to come.

update: Not 30 as initially reported. A hectic day. Supervised release 3 years. Increased fine to pay cost of incarceration, $2000 a month, $1700 month during release. $150,000 fine. Lump sum to be paid in 30 days. Report August 4th recommending prison in Arkansas.

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9 Responses so far ↓

  1. Ben Cole says:

    I predicted 24 months … you predicted 30. Good work.

  2. lotus says:

    DJournal:

    For Sidney Backstrom, the self-described worker bee in the high-powered Scruggs Law Firm in Oxford, today was a crushing blow to a promising career – he will spend more than two years in prison for his role in a judicial bribery scheme.

    Judge Neal Biggers Jr. sentenced Backstrom to 28 months in prison, three years’ supervised release after gets out and a $250,000 fine. Backstrom also was ordered to pay for the cost of his own incarceration.

    Attorneys asked and Biggers agreed to ask the Bureau of Prisons if they would send him to a federal facility in Forrest City, Ark. …

    Has to report same day as Dickie, Aug. 4.

  3. NMC says:

    well, Ben, closer to me than you but not exactly right. Sorry about the 30/28 mistake at first.

  4. DeltaNative says:

    What is supervised release?

  5. Confounded says:

    NMC: what was backstrom’s demeanor? Was his wife there? Any family?

  6. NMC says:

    He was sobbing through his statement to the point of inaudibility.

  7. lotus says:

    DN 4: parole.

  8. Tim says:

    Supervised release basically means he reports to a probation offficer for three years after he is released from prison, subject to drug testing, etc.

  9. nancy says:

    Supervised release means that you have to report to the probation officer, usually once a month, for the period of the supervised release. Have to submit to random drug tests and everything else in your life is open to the probation officer during that three years period. If you violate any rule or break the law, you can go back to jail for the entire three years.