She had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud. Huffman, the "Desperate Housewives" star, was the first of the more than 30 parents charged in the sprawling criminal case to begin serving a prison sentence. ", "You can rebuild your life after this," the judge said. Punishments meted out so far have ranged from five months in prison for Agustin Huneeus Jr., who participated in both the test-cheating and athlete-recruitment aspects of the scheme, down to no prison time for Peter Jan Sartorio, who paid $15,000 to have answers corrected on his daughter's exam. US actress Felicity Huffman has been sentenced to 14 days in prison for her involvement in a college admissions scandal. Actress Felicity Huffman, escorted by her husband William H. Macy, makes her way to the federal courthouse in Boston on Friday. The Desperate Housewives star admitted to … "I am deeply ashamed of what I have done,", Huffman echoed that sentiment in a statement released to the news media, saying, "There are no excuses or justifications for my actions.
Actress Felicity Huffman was released Friday from a federal prison in Dublin, California, after serving 11 days of a two-week sentence for her role in … Prosecutors had suggested Huffman spend one month in prison and pay a $20,000 fine. More than a dozen of those parents, including Huffman, have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud. Where she'll serve her sentence has not been announced and will ultimately be decided by the Bureau of Prisons. In court during her sentencing, Huffman apologized to the judge, her daughters and her husband, actor William H. Macy. She was set free because of a bureau policy that allows inmates to leave before a release date that "falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, on the last preceding weekday unless it is necessary to detain the inmate for another jurisdiction seeking custody under a detainer, or for any other reason which might indicate that the inmate should not be released until the inmate's scheduled release date," according to the BOP. And the award for biggest shade of the night goes to ― Thomas Lennon, for his crack at Felicity Huffman during Sunday night’s Emmy telecast. After Huffman pleaded guilty this year to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud, prosecutors, defense attorneys and even US Probation and Pretrial Services officials have been battling over how the mother of two should be punished. Macy and other loved ones submitted letters to Talwani on Huffman's behalf, pleading for leniency. Eleven parents who pleaded guilty to conspiracy fraud have been sentenced for their roles in the college admissions scam. But US Probation and Pretrial Services, which prepares pre-sentence investigation reports for each defendant, has argued overall, that the universities and testing companies suffered no monetary harm, and the price of the parents' bribes is therefore not relevant to any sentences. The Desperate Housewives star turned herself in at a …
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