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- PEOPLE, Page 79Real Appeal
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- By SOPHFRONIA SCOTT/Reported by Wendy Cole
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- When evangelist Jim Bakker stood convicted of bilking his
- followers of millions of dollars, the judge wanted to lock him
- up and throw away the key -- for 45 very long years. But last
- week a federal appeals court ruled that Bakker's sentence was
- excessive because of unsuitable remarks made by the sentencing
- judge. It also didn't hurt Bakker to have Alan Dershowitz, the
- lawyer of last resort, on his side; he will try to get Bakker
- freed on the basis of time served. Bakker has spent 15 months
- in a Rochester, Minn., federal prison, where he has been
- teaching a kick-the-smoking-habit class.
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