Fourteen have agreed to plead guilty, while 19 are fighting charges.
By Nick Anderson Nick Anderson Reporter covering higher education, national education policy and the global education market Email Bio Follow April 30 at 5:39 PM Actress Felicity Huffman’s agreement to plead guilty to a single fraud conspiracy charge in the college admissions bribery scandal came with a price: Prosecutors are recommending a sentence that would include months in prison.
“I’d say it’s certainly a possibility,” said Daniel C. Richman, a Columbia University law professor and former federal prosecutor. Much depends, he said, on whether a case is tried. “Most people will tell you that trials do increase punishment,” he said. They are seeking a prison term on the low end of that range, according to her plea deal, but Huffman reserved the right to argue that the offense corresponds to a guideline of no prison time to six months in prison.
Court documents show the Isacksons also have agreed to cooperate with the investigation, and prosecutors have offered to recommend more lenient sentences for them if they provide “substantial assistance.” The investigation, dubbed Operation Varsity Blues, has sparked national debate over the influence of money in the heated competition for admission to prominent universities. Prosecutors say unscrupulous parents paid admission consultant William “Rick” Singer $25 million over several years to fund a scam that delivered bribes to test administrators, athletic coaches and sports programs, seeking to compromise the admissions process of Georgetown, Yale, Stanford, USC and other major universities.
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