A federal court in New York has sentenced Viktor Bout to 25 years in prison. The businessman’s lawyers believe that judge Shira Scheindlin would have imposed a lesser sentence had she been able to.
Bout’s Lawyer "Judge Wanted to Give Businessman a Lesser Sentence but Hands Were Tied”
07:44 GMT 06.04.2012 (Updated: 19:55 GMT 19.10.2022)
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Bout’s Lawyer "Judge Wanted to Give Businessman a Lesser Sentence but Hands Were Tied”
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A federal court in New York has sentenced Viktor Bout to 25 years in prison. The businessman’s lawyers believe that judge Shira Scheindlin would have imposed a lesser sentence had she been able to.