McNabb in the News (8-15-06)

Senior Principal Douglas McNabb was quoted in an article in The Morning News regarding the sentencing of former Wal-Mart executive Tom Coughlin.

Coughlin apparently is getting off easy with the $5 charge [for home confinement]. Douglas McNabb, … who has represented clients sentenced to home detention, said the cost ran as high as $45 a day in some states.

McNabb has handled several high-profile, white-collar cases and said he was "shocked" by the length of Coughlin's home detention. Six months or thereabouts was more common, McNabb said.

"Twenty-seven months is just unheard of," he said.

McNabb added, however, he believed Coughlin's home detention was better than serving time in federal prison. He praised Coughlin's attorneys for the "outstanding job" they did in putting on medical testimony in their client's behalf.

"The key here is, what differentiates home detention from jail is (Coughlin) can put his head down on his own pillow at home," McNabb said.^[1]

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[1] Anita French, Government To Keep Tight Rein On Coughlin, The Morning News, Aug. 15, 2006.