{ "document_metadata": { "page_number": "93", "document_number": "737", "date": "07/22/22", "document_type": "court document", "has_handwriting": false, "has_stamps": false }, "full_text": "Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 737 Filed 07/22/22 Page 93 of 101\nM6s2Max2\ndeterrence and just punishment as well. All of these factors suggest that a very serious, a very significant sentence is necessary to achieve the purposes of punishment that I have just described.\nOf course I must, and I do, take into account the history and characteristics of the defendant. Ms. Maxwell is over 60 years old. This is her first conviction. Neither in arguing for pretrial detention nor with respect to sentencing has the government contended that Ms. Maxwell represents a continuing danger to the public. As I explained, I do not need to find she is a continuing danger to apply 4B1.5(b), as her decade-long pattern of predatory activity amply justifies that enhancement and a substantial sentence, but her present lack of dangerousness is a factor in my consideration of a proper sentence.\nHer sentencing submission letters and psychological report discuss the impacts of an overbearing and demanding father and the tragic death of her brother at the beginning of her life. The record indicates that she has engaged in some charitable works, including environmental conservation and health-related charitable organizing and giving. The set of letters I received from her family members and friends describe her as attentive and loving to her family and a loyal and generous friend. A letter from an inmate describes her tutoring of other inmates while incarcerated and Ms. Sternheim\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\nDOJ-OGR-00011612", "text_blocks": [ { "type": "printed", "content": "Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 737 Filed 07/22/22 Page 93 of 101", "position": "header" }, { "type": "printed", "content": "M6s2Max2\ndeterrence and just punishment as well. All of these factors suggest that a very serious, a very significant sentence is necessary to achieve the purposes of punishment that I have just described.\nOf course I must, and I do, take into account the history and characteristics of the defendant. Ms. Maxwell is over 60 years old. This is her first conviction. Neither in arguing for pretrial detention nor with respect to sentencing has the government contended that Ms. Maxwell represents a continuing danger to the public. As I explained, I do not need to find she is a continuing danger to apply 4B1.5(b), as her decade-long pattern of predatory activity amply justifies that enhancement and a substantial sentence, but her present lack of dangerousness is a factor in my consideration of a proper sentence.\nHer sentencing submission letters and psychological report discuss the impacts of an overbearing and demanding father and the tragic death of her brother at the beginning of her life. The record indicates that she has engaged in some charitable works, including environmental conservation and health-related charitable organizing and giving. The set of letters I received from her family members and friends describe her as attentive and loving to her family and a loyal and generous friend. A letter from an inmate describes her tutoring of other inmates while incarcerated and Ms. Sternheim", "position": "main" }, { "type": "printed", "content": "SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\nDOJ-OGR-00011612", "position": "footer" } ], "entities": { "people": [ "Ms. Maxwell", "Ms. Sternheim" ], "organizations": [ "SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C." ], "locations": [], "dates": [ "07/22/22" ], "reference_numbers": [ "1:20-cr-00330-PAE", "737", "DOJ-OGR-00011612" ] }, "additional_notes": "The document appears to be a court transcript or sentencing document. The text is mostly printed, with no visible handwriting or stamps. The document is well-formatted and easy to read." }