A federal judge who didn’t like the 57-year sentence he was forced to
impose is expected to cut the punishment today after persuading the
prosecutor to help him.
The defendant, Francois Holloway, has already served nearly two
decades in prison for carjackings and his participation in an illegal
chop shop used to sell parts from stolen cars, the New York Times
reports. Sentenced in 1996, Holloway received more time in prison than
the average for convicted murderers in the Eastern District of New York
at that time. . . . . Already speaking out against mandatory minimum sentences, U.S.
District Judge John Gleeson of Brooklyn went to bat for Holloway, the
Times says. He wrote to U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch and asked her to
vacate two of Holloway’s convictions. At first she refused, but she
agreed after reconsidering. More.
Originally posted in ABA Journal Law News
by Debra Cassens Weiss July 29, 2014
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