{"id":26392,"date":"2012-02-13T15:44:10","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T22:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/13\/doug-bruce-goes-to-jail.html"},"modified":"2012-02-13T18:01:55","modified_gmt":"2012-02-14T01:01:55","slug":"doug-bruce-goes-to-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/13\/doug-bruce-goes-to-jail.html","title":{"rendered":"Doug Bruce goes to jail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Couldn&#39;t happen to nicer guy, as this bit from the trial judge indicates:<\/p>\n<p><i>&#39;Mansfield said Bruce&#39;s age, 62, the type of crime he committed and his lack of criminal history outweighed his behavior at trial, which gave her pause. &quot;It was apparent during the trial itself, the defendant had absolutely no regard for the rule of law. His behavior during the trial was reprehensible,&quot; Mansfield said. &quot;His behavior is used to gauge his likelihood of success on probation. It requires abiding by strict rules. I have serious reservations Bruce can be successful.&quot;&#39;<\/i>  #ddtb<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='http:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fextras.mnginteractive.com%2Flive%2Fmedia%2Fsite36%2F2012%2F0213%2F20120213__CD13BRUCESENTENCE_KO12442%7Ep1.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/breakingnews\/ci_19955019'>Doug Bruce sentenced to 180 days in jail, six years probation for tax evasion &#8211; The Denver Post<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDenver District Court Judge Anne Mansfield sentenced anti-tax crusader Douglas Bruce to a 180-day jail term to be followed by six years of strictly supervised economic probation this afternoon on tax &#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Couldn&#39;t happen to nicer guy, as this bit from the trial judge indicates: &#39;Mansfield said Bruce&#39;s age, 62, the type of crime he committed and his lack of criminal history outweighed his behavior at trial, which gave her pause. &quot;It was apparent during the trial itself, the defendant had absolutely no regard for the rule &hellip; 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