| pJack Camp, the former federal judge ensnared in a scandal involving drugs and a stripper, was sentenced Friday to 30 days in prison and 400 hours of community service./ppSenior U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan said he could not give a sentence of only probation because Camp had breached his oath of office./ppHe has disgraced his office, Hogan said. He has denigrated the federal judiciary. He has encouraged disrespect for the rule of law./ppBefore being sentenced, Camp apologized for what he had done and thanked his family and friends, many of whom filled the courtroom./ppI have embarrassed and humiliated my family as well as myself, Camp said. I have embarrassed the court I have served on and I am deeply sorry for that. When I look back at the circumstances which brought me here and look at what I did, it makes me sick./ppCamp said that at the end of the day, the only thing I can say is that I'm so very sorry./ppAs a judge, Camp often meted out harsh sentences and rarely gave breaks to defendants who presented mitigating circumstances to explain their conduct. On Friday, Hogan was asked by Camp's lawyers to grant leniency because of the ex-judge's decades-long battle with a bipolar disorder and brain damage caused by a 2000 biking accident./p |
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