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Best directed the Agnew team. The Justice lawyers were led by Henry Petersen, head of the criminal division and the man whom Vice President Agnew had accused in his Los Angeles speech of being out to get him as a personal trophy. Again the discussions exploded into arguments. As a...
That point settled, Richardson himself joined the bargaining session the next day at the Justice Department. With the Attorney General listening closely, Judge Hoffman reiterated that he wanted a recommendation from Richardson before granting probation to Agnew. Finally, Richardson agreed.
With that, Hoffman intoned: ";It is the judgment of this court that imposition of any sentence be suspended for a period of three years, conditioned that you, Spiro T. Agnew, at all times will be of uniform good behavior, that you will not violate the laws of the United States...
U.S. District Court Judge Walter E. Hoffman fined Agnew $10,000--the maximum allowable--and sentenced him to a prison term of two to five months. But Hoffman suspended the jail sentence and placed Agnew on probation with far fewer restrictions than the average American receives for the crime for...
"Don't cry yet," the probation officer gently urges a sobbing girl. "You haven't even been to court."