{ "document_metadata": { "page_number": "96 of 101", "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 96 of 101 96 M6s2Max2 1 go to trial. She has every right to appeal that verdict. But 2 it is appropriate for this Court, in the face of genuine 3 expressions of remorse and acceptance of responsibility, to 4 decrease punishment because that's part of the message that's 5 being sent by the law. It's appropriate to note and to take 6 into account a lack of acceptance of responsibility, a lack of 7 expression of remorse as to her own conduct. Today's sentence 8 will attempt to acknowledge the harm that Ms. Maxwell caused 9 and it will strongly and unequivocally condemn her criminal 10 conduct. 11 I do conclude, consistent with the Probation 12 Department recommendation, that a sentence of 240 months, which 13 is slightly above the guideline range that I found, is both 14 sufficient and necessary -- and no greater than necessary to 15 meet the purposes of punishment that I have described. 16 I will now formally state the sentence I intend to 17 impose. I will ask Ms. Maxwell and her counsel to please rise. 18 Ms. Maxwell, it is the judgment of this Court that you 19 be sentenced to a period of 240 months, 20 years, to be 20 followed by a period of five years' supervised release. 21 You may be seated. 22 To be precise, I am sentencing Ms. Maxwell to 60 23 months on Count Three, 120 months on Count Four, and 240 months 24 on Count Six, all to run concurrently, for a total of 240 25 months' imprisonment. I am sentencing her to three years of SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 DOJ-OGR-00011615", "text_blocks": [ { "type": "printed", "content": "Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 737 Filed 07/22/22 Page 96 of 101 96", "position": "header" }, { "type": "printed", "content": "M6s2Max2 1 go to trial. She has every right to appeal that verdict. But 2 it is appropriate for this Court, in the face of genuine 3 expressions of remorse and acceptance of responsibility, to 4 decrease punishment because that's part of the message that's 5 being sent by the law. It's appropriate to note and to take 6 into account a lack of acceptance of responsibility, a lack of 7 expression of remorse as to her own conduct. Today's sentence 8 will attempt to acknowledge the harm that Ms. Maxwell caused 9 and it will strongly and unequivocally condemn her criminal 10 conduct.", "position": "main" }, { "type": "printed", "content": "11 I do conclude, consistent with the Probation 12 Department recommendation, that a sentence of 240 months, which 13 is slightly above the guideline range that I found, is both 14 sufficient and necessary -- and no greater than necessary to 15 meet the purposes of punishment that I have described.", "position": "main" }, { "type": "printed", "content": "16 I will now formally state the sentence I intend to 17 impose. I will ask Ms. Maxwell and her counsel to please rise. 18 Ms. Maxwell, it is the judgment of this Court that you 19 be sentenced to a period of 240 months, 20 years, to be 20 followed by a period of five years' supervised release. 21 You may be seated.", "position": "main" }, { "type": "printed", "content": "22 To be precise, I am sentencing Ms. Maxwell to 60 23 months on Count Three, 120 months on Count Four, and 240 months 24 on Count Six, all to run concurrently, for a total of 240 25 months' imprisonment. I am sentencing her to three years of", "position": "main" }, { "type": "printed", "content": "SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 DOJ-OGR-00011615", "position": "footer" } ], "entities": { "people": [ "Ms. Maxwell" ], "organizations": [ "Probation Department", "SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C." ], "locations": [], "dates": [ "07/22/22" ], "reference_numbers": [ "1:20-cr-00330-PAE", "737", "DOJ-OGR-00011615" ] }, "additional_notes": "The document appears to be a court transcript, with a formal tone and language. The content is a sentencing hearing for Ms. Maxwell." }