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final excerpt
Taking Bill away from all the people who depend on him and whom he has served with
devotion and passion—like the dozens of people in AA he sponsors and the hundreds of people he has taken at his own expense on religious pilgrimages, the many others to whom he ministers walking the housing projects of Chicago, and the countless others he has helped through his generous giving to worthy causes—would have unintended and far-reaching adverse consequences. The Court could sentence Bill to a long period of probation with stringent requirements of community service. And the Court could sentence Bill to the additional condition of home confinement when he is not serving his community. Bill accepted a fine that is more than double the highest end of the Sentencing Guidelines range—the maximum statutory fine—and he paid it even before sentencing. (PSR ¶ 111). Bill voluntarily left the industry he loved, and will never work in it again. He is a disgraced felon who is experiencing pain and remorse and punishment. The punishment and suffering he has inflicted upon himself, while surely not as severe as imprisonment, is nevertheless real and substantial. And we hope that with punishment also goes mercy for a good man who did bad things, knows he did bad things, and has demonstrated his commitment to making amends.
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