| US, as per federal sentencing guidelines[1]: * baseline offense level of 9 [2] * -2 adjustment for acceptance of responsibility[3] * That gets you an offense level of 7, which puts him in the 0-6 months band[4], making him eligible for probation[5]. IANAL but all of this is for offenses that make it to trial. If there's plea bargaining involved the sentences are probably even lighter. [1] https://www.ussc.gov/guidelines/2021-guidelines-manual-annot... [2] https://www.ussc.gov/guidelines/2021-guidelines-manual/annot... [3] https://www.ussc.gov/guidelines/2021-guidelines-manual/annot... [4] https://www.ussc.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/guidelines-manu... [5] https://www.ussc.gov/guidelines/2021-guidelines-manual/annot... |
Federal cases are a small percentage of total criminal prosecutions, and penalties vary widely across the country.