Donaghy facing hard time

Posted: Friday July 25, 2008 06:35AM ET

Two co-defendants of the disgraced N.B.A. referee Tim Donaghy were sentenced Thursday, and legal experts said their sentences indicated that Donaghy was likely to face a stiff punishment when he appears in court Tuesday. In federal court in Brooklyn, United States District Judge Carol Amon sentenced one of Donaghy's co-defendants, Thomas Martino, to 12 months and a day in prison. Federal sentencing guidelines suggested that he should have received 8 to 14 months. The other co-defendant, James Battista, was sentenced to 15 months. The guidelines suggested he should have received 10 to 16 months. The guidelines in Donaghy's case suggest a prison sentence of roughly 27 to 33 months.

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He even looks like a punk! Gent bent....over! lol. Good for him!

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thank god

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i like the title "Donaghy facing HARD time" LOL.

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2-3 years is not long enough

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definetly not hard time....

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2 to 3 years is hard time..what? Oh please, give me a break..

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Let's start the bidding wars. I give him 30 months and 1 day.

And what the hell is wrong with that judge giving people a sentence with months and days?!!! Does he like shoot free throws to determine the sentence?

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Let's start the bidding wars. I give him 30 months and 1 day.

And what the hell is wrong with that judge giving people a sentence with months and days?!!! Does he like shoot free throws to determine the sentence?

Se7en - Bringing sexy back | 07/25/08, 09:37 AM
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Good thing Shaq's not the judge, if that were the case!

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Many states have county and municipal jails that are limited to sentences of a year or under. Even with a federal rap, you can try to do your time locally in one of those jails where in theory the other offenders are short timers and less violent.

Giving a year and a day is the courts way of saying you absolutely will serve your time in a federal prison.

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He needs to go to jail for being a very bad boy.

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2 1/2 years is plenty enough time for him to write his book. I don't think we've heard the last from Mr. Donaghy.

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Less then 3 years is all you get for messing the NBA? That's crazy. So if he made millions and kept it somewhere then he could come back very rich in 3 years and also maybe write a book.

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Yeah Hllywd, I think he'll write a book totally insulting the NBA like Phil Jackson did about the Lakers dissing Kobe...

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Hard time ain't the only thing hard thing he will be facing. Don't drop the soap, Timmy.

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Thats all

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Doesn't this guy just look like he'll be KING OF THE YARD in the clink?

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Is that "HARD" time as in a cellmate that has been imprisoned for years with no ---- ???

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I'm sure he's going to FACE-ing a HARD something in prison. Can you say, "Squeal, bee-yatch!"

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Just remember where he's going, inmates bet their last smokes on basketball games and he will face the music I have no doubt. Most of us wouldn't last 5 min. in there just think if they already don't like you

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ok timmy got what he deserved...
but how 'bout the nba itself?? i;m sure there's more dirt than just one refree. i have no confidence in stern, i'm not attending a single NBA game nor buying the leasgue pass (I have from past 3 yrs)

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