{"id":11126,"date":"2007-06-14T14:10:48","date_gmt":"2007-06-14T18:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/archives\/11126.html"},"modified":"2007-06-14T14:10:48","modified_gmt":"2007-06-14T18:10:48","slug":"libby-to-be-imprisoned-during-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/libby-to-be-imprisoned-during-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Libby to be imprisoned during appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton, a Bush appointee, was apparently receiving death threats<\/a> while mulling whether to delay Scooter Libby’s 2 1\/2-year sentence pending appeal.<\/p>\n

I guess he wasn’t intimidated<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A federal judge said Thursday he will not delay a 2 1\/2-year prison sentence for I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby in the CIA leak case, a ruling that could send the former White House aide to prison within weeks.<\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton’s decision will send Libby’s attorneys rushing to an appeals court to block the sentence and could force President Bush to consider calls from Libby’s supporters to pardon the former aide.<\/p>\n

No date was set for Libby to report to prison but it’s expected to be within six to eight weeks. That will be left up to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, which will also select a facility.<\/p>\n

“Unless the Court of Appeals overturns my ruling, he will have to report,” Walton said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Walton started off skeptical of the notion that Libby should be free during his appeal(s), and remained that way. Indeed, responding to a brief filed by 12 prominent law professors (including Bork) who supported Libby’s request, the judge waved it off as “not something I would expect from a first-year in law school.”<\/p>\n

Ouch.
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\nSo, what happens now?<\/p>\n

* Libby’s lawyers “will seek an emergency order delaying the sentence.” As I understand it, courts practically never intervene to rule an appeal before a convicted felon has to report to jail. Then again, Libby has some powerful friends, so we’ll see.<\/p>\n

* Libby won’t have to report to jail literally today. The judge said it would take 45 days to get Libby behind bars.<\/p>\n

* FDL has been live-blogging all morning from the courthouse and has a detailed report<\/a> on the proceedings.<\/p>\n

* Libby has a new appellate legal team, which suggests he’s still trying to win this in court, not relying on the president to get him out of this jam.<\/p>\n

* And there’s still no word on a pardon, though I suspect the far-right calls to the White House are about to get far more intense.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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