{"article":{"id":128038,"heading":"Unfair Sentencing","author":"rp","created":"2005-06-03 11:13:59","modified":"2005-06-03 19:45:48","last_modified":"Sat, 04 Jun 2005 03:45:48","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><html><body><p>Full article can be found at:  <br>  <br> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/lvrj_home\/2005\/Jun-01-Wed-2005\/news\/26638692.html\">http:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/lvrj_home\/2005\/Jun-01-Wed-2005\/news\/26638692.html<\/a> <br><br> Wednesday, June 01, 2005 <br>  <br> Las Vegas Review-Journal <br><br> Attorneys: Sentencing unfair for immigrants <br><br>  Illegal immigrants convicted of crimes in Southern Nevada are increasingly facing recommendations for prison time -- and not probation -- simply because of their illegal status in the country, two defense attorneys said Tuesday. <br><br> Defense attorney Andrew Leavitt and Clark County Public Defender Phil Kohn said an unmistakable pattern has developed in the district courts: namely, that illegal immigrants are increasingly seeing recommendations of prison time from Nevada's Division of Parole and Probation. <br><br> \"It's happening. Everyone knows about it, and I think it violates every constitutional right there is,\" Leavitt said. \"It's outrageous.\"  .....<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Clark County Public Defender Phil Kohn, seen in his office in May 2004, says he has noticed a trend in which illegal immigrants are getting prison time when probation usually is warranted.","numcomment":2,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2005\/06\/128038.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":128041,"heading":"Well, yeah","article":"The've broken the law TWICE. Prison, then deportation.","author":"Cortez","parent_id":128038,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-06-03 12:01:39","modified":"2005-06-03 12:01:39","fileurl":""},{"id":128044,"heading":"This is surprsing?","article":"How do you think the judical systems in other democracies treat people who are there illegally when they committ a crime? They do the same thing. I would be shocked if they didn't lock them up and then deport them.","author":"plase be real","parent_id":128038,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-06-03 13:00:33","modified":"2005-06-03 13:00:33","fileurl":""}]}