Lawyer Cicilline asks court for son's early prison release
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BOSTON, Mass. -- Rhode Island lawyer John F. "Jack" Cicilline went to U.S. District Court in Boston Thursday morning in a bid to get his son, John M. Cicilline, released from prison early. The senior Cicilline told a U.S. magistrate that the U.S. Bureau of Prisons violated his son's due-process rights in assigning the time he would be released from a halfway house, and that it failed to take into consideration that his son was trying to save his house, as well as his three children. John M. Cicilline, the brother of Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline, is a disbarred lawyer. In October 2008, he began serving an 18-month sentence at Fort Devens for conspiracy, obstruction of justice and making false statements to federal authorities. Cicilline is due to be on supervised release in Rhode Island Feb. 8, 2010, after he serves 41 days in a halfway house in Massachusetts. He is being held at a federal medical center in Fort Devens, Mass., north of Worcester. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Massachusetts is opposing Cicilline's bid. Mark Grady, an assistant U.S. Attorney, said the courts don't have jurisdiction over where the U.S. Bureau of Prisons decides to put prisoners. "What is clearly at issue here is Mr. Cicilline's dissatisfaction with the 41-day sentence he received," Grady said. After considering the arguments, the magistrate will make a recommendation to the judge. John M. Cicilline's sister and a daughter were in the courtroom. The girl cried. Cicilline's brother, the mayor, did not attend the hearing. Before leaving the courtroom, "Jack" Cicilline kissed his son. -- Reported by Journal Staff Writer Katie Mulvaney 
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Apple doesn't fall far from from the tree!
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Yes, especially when it is a rotten apple.
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Awwww.... I feel so bad for him.... NOT!! Again, do your time Johnny... you did the crime!!! Should have thought about your daughters and house BEFORE your started swindling people.. and what's this JOB he has lined up? probably something David hooked him up with, just like his sister Roberta.... some things never change in RI do they?
Hope they make him do the rest of his time...
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He should serve all time given to him as any other citizen of Rhode Island.
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I agree that this loser should serve the full sentence for what he did. However, this has nothing to do with his father or brother. Criticize the mayor for not doing a good job in the city but these are grown men we are talking about.
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As it is he only got a slap on the wrist. Whining for early release is just a joke.
Maybe if we started to give these guys some REAL time they would think twice about committing these white collar crimes.
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What are you talking about. He is serving his time, like anybody else! He is within his rights to ask for early release like every single prisoner does. You are just the usual complaining, sitting in front of your computer all day, nothing to do but whine about every little thing people.
He is doing his time and following the rules according to the Court and the Justice system.
As for the remark that the apple does not fall far from the tree; you're right.
The Cicilline family is well known to be generous, brave and a contributor to Rhode Island. Jack has done more for people that you don't know about than you could ever dream of doing. What one of you would not go into court and advocate for your son or any family member or friend? You people have some nerve to hide behind your pseudonyms and preach about what you think is right!
John made a mistake, he is serving his time. He is doing the right thing! Maybe he should be preening himself and bragging like Providence's infamous felon does daily? Maybe you are not offended by that?
Get with it!
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let talk about the mayor since you bring his name up he should be sharing a cell with his brother for covering up the tax scam they both ran on the city and then making us pay 150000 to white wash his wrong doing.....broardway how about the famous felon at least he did all his time and did his time in the halfway house to you did't he him complain.as for the mayor brother doing his time the should restart the clock when he stops faking he is sick ......the med ward is not doing real time come on...
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YOU PEOPLE HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO THAN TO SIT IN JUDGEMENT, THIS GUY IS USING THE COURT SYSTEM IN THE PROPER MANNER...JACK IS MORE OF A HUMANITARIAN THAN U COULD EVER HOPE TO BE..HE HAS HELPED MORE PEOPLE IN A MONTH THAN U HAVE IN YOUR LIFE.....SO BEFORE U THROW THOSE VICIOUS STONES, TRY AND KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, YOUR IGNORANCE OVERWHELMS ME
PS. AMERICA HAS THE HIGHEST PRISON POPULATION IN THE WORLD; ITS THE MOST EXPENSIVE; AND IT DOES NOT DETER CRIME; SO TELL ME WHAT ARE WE DOING?
OH, LETTING THE BANKS AND POLS RAPE US EVERY DAY, ALMOST FORGOT...
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Thank you Broadway Joe!
It appears people are so judgemental!
My brother and family have certainly paid the price and are still serving the sentence.
I am grateful that we had a wonderful family support during a very difficult year.
Thanks mom and dad for being great role models for us. Thank you for showing us the value of family. Thank you for stepping up to the plate and doing whatever it takes to keep the family together. I would agree the apple doesn't fall to far from the tree however the apple is not rotten!
from,
John's sister Susan
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He's not asking for early release from his sentence. He's asking for home confinement rather than living in a halfway house (the same way all federal prisoners do before going home).
The courts have no power to order the BOP to do anything with a prisoner regarding where they serve their sentences. That was established long ago and is not open for interpretation.
This is nothing more than an overgrown child going to mother (the courts) when father (the BOP) won't give them their way.
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It is an embarrassment that he throws his family under the bus, and expects sympathy for his financial and employment situations. Nearly every encarcerated individual faces the same dilemmas. Broken families, foreclosed homes, welfare are all common results of incarceration and should be a strong deterrant for anyone. His situation deserves no more consideration than any other prisoner, who, by the way, rarely get relief in the penal system.
But, his family feels entitled...after all, they are not like the others in the system. You know, those whose money paid for their homes, cars and private educations for generations.
His sentence is relatively small. Some who do real time consider it a "weekend pass".
Sit back, use the time to ponder what you've done, and reinvent yourself after you've paid your penalty. Don't look for sympathy. There is none.
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