Amid outcry over Ashton Kutcher’s letter for Danny Masterson, other letters, including a child porn defendant’s, highlight judicial complexity
Criminal defendants' family and friends often write letters to judges prior to sentencing. What they say and how they factor into sentences is complicated.
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As far as sentencing letters go, Ashton Kutcher’s and Mila Kunis’ letters for t…