Bye-bye, Bernie: Kerik is sentenced to four well-deserved years in prison
Friday, February 19th 2010, 4:00 AM
All the arrogance, swagger and ego were gone. Bernard Kerik returned to Earth yesterday. And not just to Earth, but to the doorstep of prison, where he will serve four years for his crimes.
Federal Judge Steven Robinson slammed Kerik appropriately by meting out stiffer punishment than guidelines recommend for more run-of-the-mill offenders.
"I think the damage caused by Mr. Kerik is in some ways immeasurable," Robinson explained.
He gave the former correction commissioner and former police commissioner, who very nearly became U.S. homeland security secretary, until May to get his affairs in order.
Kerik was guilty of having a reputedly mobbed-up construction company pay for a quarter-million dollars in home renovations, and of lying about it, to the IRS and to the White House.
He had chewed up and spat out the trust the public placed in him, then thought he could saunter into history, his name adorning a city jail. Not anymore. Said the man himself:
"I know I must be punished. I only ask that you allow me to return to my wife and two little girls as soon as possible." Case closed.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2010/02/19/2010-02-19_byebye_bernie.html?print=1&page=all#ixzz0g0fMjyQk
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