A woman has been spared a prison sentence by a federal judge who reasoned the collateral consequences she will face for her drug smuggling felony was sufficient punishment.
Noting the various byproducts of Chevelle Nesbeth’s conviction—such as her likely inability to become a teacher or fulfill her goal to become a principal—Eastern District Judge Frederic Block concluded that Nesbeth “has been sufficiently punished, and that jail is not necessary to render a punishment that is sufficient but not greater than necessary to meet the ends of sentencing.”
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