Will Donald Trump avoid prison? It may depend partly on his ability to convince a probation officer that he would be “amenable to supervision.”
That’s according to Martin
Horn, a former commissioner of both the New York City Department of
Probation and the city’s Department of Correction, who spoke to POLITICO
Magazine about the process Trump is about to undergo as he tries to stay out of
the slammer.
In a typical case, a convict will be interviewed by a
probation officer in the days after the verdict and be given the opportunity to
accept responsibility and present mitigating factors that could reduce any
sentence. That is going to be difficult for a man who has constantly railed
against the case against him — not to mention the very judge who will decide
the sentence.
Horn, who is a professor emeritus at John Jay College
of Criminal Justice, said a probation officer will have to answer: “Is this
individual going to accept that he has been justly convicted and accept the
strictures and restrictions and requirements of a probation sentence?”
That will be one of several key factors for Justice
Juan Merchan to weigh before he announces his sentence for the former
president-turned-convicted felon on July 11.
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