Sam Morris
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The biggest secret in the entertainment industry that really wasn't a secret at all has finally been revealed to the world.
The biggest secret in the entertainment industry that really wasn't a secret at all has finally been revealed to the world.
We work with defendants, their families, attorneys that are going through the federal criminal system. Overwhelmingly, the majority of our clients, probably 98%, are white-collar offenders.
We work with defendants, their families, attorneys that are going through the federal criminal system. Overwhelmingly, the majority of our clients, probably 98%, are white-collar offenders.
offenders that commit financial crimes, nonviolent crimes, those that are typically professionals, politicians that run afoul of various federal statutes and find themselves in the clutches of the Department of Justice.
offenders that commit financial crimes, nonviolent crimes, those that are typically professionals, politicians that run afoul of various federal statutes and find themselves in the clutches of the Department of Justice.
In 2016, I received a knock on my door. 17 men and women dressed in blue flak jackets with FBI stencil on the back arrested me. I had no idea why. I had been retired for a In the car ride up, I learned that I was being charged with a wire fraud from a prior company I was involved with. 2018, I went to sentencing.
In 2016, I received a knock on my door. 17 men and women dressed in blue flak jackets with FBI stencil on the back arrested me. I had no idea why. I had been retired for a In the car ride up, I learned that I was being charged with a wire fraud from a prior company I was involved with. 2018, I went to sentencing.
I was assured by my attorney that I was getting one year of home confinement and then some supervised release. The judges looked down at me and said, Mr. Mangle, you are no different than any vagrant on the street. You are actually worse. You clearly show no contrition, no remorse. You haven't identified with your victims. And therefore, I'm giving you a sentence of custody of 60 months.
I was assured by my attorney that I was getting one year of home confinement and then some supervised release. The judges looked down at me and said, Mr. Mangle, you are no different than any vagrant on the street. You are actually worse. You clearly show no contrition, no remorse. You haven't identified with your victims. And therefore, I'm giving you a sentence of custody of 60 months.
Now, I've never been in trouble in my life. And I thought he said six months. I looked down at my attorney, who scribbled 60 on a piece of paper. And the only thing that would go through my mind, other than I was going to get sick on the table in front of me, was I was going to be away from my family for four years and two months, 85% of your sentence.
Now, I've never been in trouble in my life. And I thought he said six months. I looked down at my attorney, who scribbled 60 on a piece of paper. And the only thing that would go through my mind, other than I was going to get sick on the table in front of me, was I was going to be away from my family for four years and two months, 85% of your sentence.
The judge then remanded me to custody, highly unusual for white-collar offenders. And I began my sentence in the Philadelphia Detention Center. Almost a sister image of the Brooklyn Detention Center. I spent six weeks there and it was certainly quite scary in the beginning. It was someplace that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemies.
The judge then remanded me to custody, highly unusual for white-collar offenders. And I began my sentence in the Philadelphia Detention Center. Almost a sister image of the Brooklyn Detention Center. I spent six weeks there and it was certainly quite scary in the beginning. It was someplace that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemies.
After about six weeks, I had been transferred to the camp in Miami. I was out in 21 months. So I learned how to work within the system and navigate a system which really is not meant to be navigated. The other thing I learned is that there were people there that had advice from other people than their attorney prior to sentencing that got much better sentences and much better outcomes.
After about six weeks, I had been transferred to the camp in Miami. I was out in 21 months. So I learned how to work within the system and navigate a system which really is not meant to be navigated. The other thing I learned is that there were people there that had advice from other people than their attorney prior to sentencing that got much better sentences and much better outcomes.
And I learned that there was a whole field of people called prison consultants.
And I learned that there was a whole field of people called prison consultants.