Law Pr. Alan Dershowitz: ‘Will Judge Merchan sentence Trump to prison?’

‘In attempting to predict the sentence Judge Juan Merchan will impose on Donald Trump, we are certain of one conclusion’ If the past is prologue, the sentence will not be motivated by fairness or justice; it will be the harshest sentence Merchan can impose without risking reversal or the possibility that it will help Trump’s electoral prospects. Such a vindictive sentence could take many forms, excluding actual prison time. Sentencing Trump, a first-time offender, to a prison term for a minor bookkeeping crime would virtually assure a reversal and an outcry from independent voters. But one possibility would be for…