Considering the damage J.C. had done to the old man, this was no small thing. Larry also had no arrest history and was widely known as a hardworking guy who was easily influenced; he was seen as having been taken advantage of and pulled off onto the wrong track.
At the same time, however, this was a serious crime with multiple victims and an attached homicide. Larry was sentenced to twenty-five to fifty years in federal prison with credit for time served in the county jail and a note to the Federal Board of Pardons and Parole that the court would not object to his early release if that august body saw fit to recommend such. Twenty-five years is a big number, but that was for public consumption and to benefit the judge’s reelection campaign. With the way the federal system works, all thing
