I am generally uncomfortable when a client, or a client’s family, decides to attend appellate arguments in the state or federal courts. So much is generally at stake, and the nature of the public proceedings are so opaque, that trying to explain the significance of what is happening is almost impossible. So when Donna Bello’s husband told me he was planning to attend the bond argument in Manhattan the other day, I was surprised at how happy I was to see him.
Joel Schiavone is 77-years-old, and his wife, Donna Bello, was sentenced to a six- year term of imprisonment for her role in something called “gifting tables.” In the United States government’s eyes, the tables were little more than a pyramid scheme. In the eyes of the hundreds of women in the state, they were much more – scores of women testified at trial that the gatherings that were part of the gifting tables process were also a place where they found companionship and support.
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