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New York Times complains (foolishly?) about creative writing sentence

By Douglas A. Berman

I am intrigued and a bit troubled to see that the New York Times has this new editorial that appears to be complaining about the recent sentencing decision ordering a white-collar defendant to write a book (discussed here).  Here is most of the editorial: We have not read the little monograph that James H. Lake, a Washington lobbyist at the time, wrote in the late-1990s.... In 1998, Mr. Lake pleaded guilty to making illegal campaign contributions.  The judge in the case, Ricardo M. Urbina of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, ordered Mr. Lake to set down in writing his description of the criminal code that covered his crime. Soon there will be another title in what might be called the Urbina canon.  Last week, he sentenced Dr...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 16, 2009 (boomark / email).