U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley acknowledged that she failed to allow David DePape to address the court before sentencing him to 30 years in prison last week.

  • BearOfaTime
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    1 month ago

    Oh, that was surely an accidental oversight, right?

    • BrikoX@lemmy.zipOPM
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      1 month ago

      Most likely. It doesn’t void the guilty verdict, he just has to be re-sentenced.

    • higgsboson@dubvee.org
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      1 month ago

      Why wouldn’t it be? It just means a repeat of the sentencing phase. It is likely to change nothing.