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More letters supporting former Baltimore Mayor Pugh

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More letters supporting former Baltimore Mayor Pugh
More letters supporting former Baltimore Mayor Pugh
More letters supporting former Baltimore Mayor Pugh

CATHERINE PUGH WILL BE INFEDERAL COURT TOMORROW FORSENTENCING━ THIS IS ALL THEFALLOUT FROM HER HEALTHY HOLLYBOOK DEALS WHICH LED TO HERPLEADING GUILTY TO CONSPIRACYAND TAX EVASION.

PROSECUTOWANT A FIVE YEAR SENTANCE.WMAR 2 NEW'S DAVE DETLINGJOINS US IN STUDIO WITH MOREPLEAS FROM THE PUBLIC FOR AREDUCED SENTENCE.JAMIE KELLY━ MORE LETTERSHAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THEFEDERAL JUDGE.

PEOPLE WHO KNOWPUGH ADMIT━ WHILE SHE DIDWRONG━ SHE IS IN NO WAYWICKED TO HER CORE.

TALKING TOONE LEGAL ANALYST━ HE SAYS━ THIS IS PART OF A DELICATSTRATEGY BY HER DEFENCE TEAM.20 PLUS CHARACTER REFERENCELETTERS━ ALL WITH THE SAMEMESSAGE.

THEY'RE THE LATESTLETTER PRAISING FORMERBALTIMORE CITY MAYOR CATHERINEPUGH.

THEY COME FROM CHURCHLEADERS, BUSNESSES LEADERS ANDLIFELONG AQUANTANCES.

THEYALL ADDRESSED TO DEBORAHCHASANOW━ THE ━S DISTRICTDUDGE WHOSENTENCE TOMORROW━1:33"She's a very smart judge.She's very well thought of.She's going to look at theevidence presented by thegovernment and by the defense.LEGAL ANALYST AND DEFENSEATTORNEY ANDY ALPERSTEIN SALETTERS━ COULD BE ADETERMING FACTOR IN PUGHPRISON SENTENCE.

2:0━2:09 TheFederal sentancing guidelinesare a formula that quantifiesdifferent factors, includingthe crime and the amountfraud." FEDERAL PROSECUTORSREQUESTED SHE RECEIVE ASENTENCE OF NEARLY FIVE YEARSLIKE HER DEFENSE TEAM━THOSE WHO KNOW HER WANT ASHORTER SENTENCE.

THEYHOPING THEIR WRITTEN WORDSHAVE SWAYING POWER━INCLUDING PUGHWROTE&“MY GODMOTHER IS ONE OFTHE MOST HONEST AND HAR━WORKING PEOPLE THAT HAS EVERGRACED MY LIFE.

IF NOT FOR HERI BELIEVE I WOULD STILLUSING DRUGS” 3:3━37 Thejudge is going to have to sayand consider these letters...LETTERS THAT INCLUDE PROMINENTNAMES━ LIKE KURT SCHMOKEWHO'S THE PRESIDENT OF THEUNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE ANDFORMER MAYOR.

HE WROTE━PUGH HELPED EMPOWER ANDEDUCATE PEOPLE ON THEIMPORTANCE OF VOTING.

ADDINGWHETHER AS A PRIVATE CITIZENOR AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL━PUGH“ENCOURAGED YOUNG AND OLDTO BECOME INVOLVED IN THEPOLITICAL PROCES” THIS LETTERFROM BALTIMORE DESIGN SCHOOLBETTY CLARK STATES HERWITNESSING PUGH FEEDING THEHOMELESS, PAYING FOR ASTRANGERSOMEON━ theletters that are beingsubmitted to the judge... areall folks who have particularknowledge of specific acts ofgood deads and pubic servicethat former mayor pugh hasdone.

BUT IS IT ENOUGH TODOWNPLAY HER ACTIONS.

BACKNOVEMBER PUGH PLED GUILTY TOCONSPIRACY AND TAX EVASIONRELATED TO THE SCANDALINVOLVING THE SALE OF HERHEALTHY HOLLY CHILDRENTO THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLANDMEDICAL SYSTEM AND OTHERENTITIES DOING BUSINESS WITHTHE CITY.

EVEN WITH THEGLOWING REFERENCES━ALPERSTEIN BELIEVES THE JUDGEWILL SEND A STERN MESSAGE WITHJAIL TIME.

6:15 If I was abetting man I would guesssomewhere between 18 months andthree years.AND WHILE THERE IS THRECOMMENDATION OF A FIVE YEARSENTANCE━ I'M TOLD THEJUDGE CAN USE HER OWNDISCRETION━ WE'LL SEE HOWLENIENT SHE IS TO

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