Attorney on Colo. Student Sentenced to Work Release for Rape: ‘Not a Light Sentence’

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WHITFIELD: “Austin Wilkerson, he changed the story as we heard in Dan Simon’s reporting and even apologized. But under what circumstances might a sentencing like this, you know, especially because of the kind of uproar from the prosecutors et cetera might it be changed?”
HERMAN: “Oh, the sentencing is not going to be changed. If anything there’s going to be a reduction. By no means is this a light sentence. This is not a light sentence. Two years in jail, going to school during the day and reporting back to jail at night, 20-year sex offender registry, and status. If he violates he’s going back to prison. Let me tell you something, probation recommendation here was no prison, zero prison. And usually the judges abide by a probation report. And there was no prison here. So I think the judge tried to fashion a sentence more rehabilitation and some punishment but rehabilitation as the primary concern.”