A judge has rejected a plea deal reached between federal prosecutors and Henry Samueli, the co-founder and former chief technical officer of Broadcom Corp., in a criminal backdating probe, finding that the agreement would “erode the public’s trust in the fundamental fairness of our justice system.”
“To serve justice, the sentence must reflect the severity of the offense conduct, including all the facts and circumstances of the crime. The sentence must not create an obvious disparity between one criminal actor and other similarly situated criminal actors. And the sentence must protect the public’s interest in enforcement of, and respect for, our laws and system of justice,” wrote U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney of the Central District of California in a ruling on Monday, when Samueli had been scheduled to be sentenced. “For a number of reasons, this plea agreement does not satisfy those important principles.”
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