re: Ex-Eagle Mychal Kendricks pleads guilty to insider Trading. Faces 25 years

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Well at least it isn't a cliche NFL crime like beating a woman or something.

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shite, he would have gotten a contract extension, and no jail time for sure.

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I don't know about federal Court, but I know in state Court you would never plead guilty until you've struck your deal with the prosecutor.

At your arraignment, you always plead not guilty, then there's a time period set to accept a plea offer. All the negotiations go on behind the scenes, then, unless your absolutely innocent, you plead and the judge issues the state recommended sentence.

If you plead guilty right off the bat, I believe it's then up to the judge and only the judge on how he feels the sentence should be handed down.

Obviously, Kendricks is not going to get 25 years, and even if he did, he would parole out after serving far less than the actual sentence. For many state felonies, unless it something like capital murder, an actual prison time can range anywhere from 1/6 to 1/4 of the sentence before parole eligibility.

Kendricks will probably do time, but nothing near what the headline says. Martha Stewart, whom benefitted far more than $1.5 million, only did like 10 months or so in a minimum security fed. Prison if I remember correctly.

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Feds have to do 80% of their time behind bars at the bare minimum

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i can pull up the sentencing guidelines to guess

nothing close to 25 years. he pled pre-indictment and admitted guilt and i don't think he has a criminal history

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Yep. It's based on levels; each level has a range. I am guessing that this either a level 37 ish offense, or a combination of charges with the maximum sentence added together. Pleading guilty usually drops your level by 5, which can greatly reduce your sentence. I could see him getting about a 12-24 month sentence.