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"Newsday" featured Pace Law School professor Bennett Gershman in "Two Long Island dumping cases, two different punishments"
...Bennett Gershman, a Pace Law School professor and former public corruption prosecutor, said the timing of the pleas — only weeks before a new administration took over — coupled with the Bellone administration’s assertion that it wasn’t consulted make them “troubling.”
“The DA is a lame duck. Give the new DA a chance to look at these cases that are pending, don’t get rid of them,” Gershman said.
He noted that prosecutors rightly have tremendous discretion when weighing the appropriate penalties in cases, but in the absence of any public justification from Spota’s office, such as problems with evidence or other factors, “it seems to be a real sweetheart deal for these guys. Their misconduct is serious and this is a slap on the wrist."
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