Was justice served here? Many don't think so.
The first parent to be sentenced in the “Operation: Varsity Blues” college-admissions scandal got off with a light punishment, critics complained, considering she paid $15,000 for someone to secretly correct her daughter’s SAT answers so that the teen could get into college.
Huffman’s lawyers had asked for a 12-month probation and a $20,000 fine, while prosecutors were pushing for at least a month in jail. Assistant U.S. attorney Eric Rosen argued ahead of sentencing that what Huffman wanted was no punishment at all. “A $20,000 fine for someone worth in the tens of millions amounts to little more than a rounding error,” he said.
— JRehling September 13, 2019 the Felicity Huffman sentence reminds of a Daily News cover from this week pic.twitter.com/FpfqTVbNqC — Christina🌸🌺 September 13, 2019 Prior to the sentencing, Huffman had written an impassioned letter to the judge where she said she found motherhood “bewildering” and, “In my desperation to be a good mother, I talked myself into believing that all I was doing was giving my daughter a fair shot.” Her actor husband William H. Macy and “Desperate Housewives” co-star Eva Longoria had also sent letters asking for leniency for Huffman.
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