Oh my:
The undersigned has had a difficult relationship with Mr. Harris and submits this argument without his client’s backing but with the singular purpose of hoping to convince the Court to extend mercy to Mr. Harris and his family.
Above and beyond the call of duty...
Mr. Harris, if he speaks to the Court at his sentencing, will not admit his guilt nor ask the Court for forgiveness, mercy or compassion. He simply does not believe he has done anything wrong. He still believes today that the bonds he claimed to possess were real and were set aside for his company.
Well, that's not gonna do Roofie any good. And is the lawyer aware that this wasn't the first time Roofie and Stanley tried to run a bond scam? They did it on at least two other occasions.
In 2006, he claims to have had the largest hiatal hernia in a man his size.
Definitely TMI.
He does not pay taxes as the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution falls directly under involuntary servitude and in direct violation of the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery.
Well THAT's not gonna help him get a lighter sentence. Nor is it likely to help his wife.
According to the evaluation performed at the Court’s request and despite Mr. Harris’s failure to participate the psychologist found Mr. Harris to have a Personality Disorder Not Otherwise Specified with Narcissistic, Paranoid and Antisocial Features, 301.9 of the DSM IV:
How does that make him different from many other penny stock crooks?
Mr. Harris has not had the benefit of treatment and if treated might be able to recognize his problems and mistakes so as to avoid repeating them.
I'm very much inclined to doubt that.
After all, a certified public accountant employed for the State of Michigan found these negotiable instruments all to be valid and counted them as assets of CSHD. Yet, Thomas Benson did not lose his liberty for being stupid.
What? Benson didn't find them valid; he was paid to find them valid. He may be stupid, but the important thing is that he was venal. And yes, he ought to have done time.