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Disgraced NYC Police Commissioner Sentenced to Four Years in Prison
Feb.
Bernie kerik biography
18, 2010— -- The man once dubbed "America's Cop" for his leadership after Sept. 11 was sentenced to 48 months in prison today by a federal judge who said the damage caused by former New York City police chief Bernard Kerik was "immeasurable."
Judge Stephen Robinson went above the recommended sentencing range of 27 to 33 months in part because he felt that Kerik's abuse of the office of police commissioner of New York was part of a 10-year pattern of corruption and obstruction of justice that continued right into the courtroom.
"The guidelines don't take fully into account the operatic proportions of this case," said Robinson.
"I'd like to apologize to the American people," former NYPD commissioner Kerik said in a brief statement outside the courtroom after being sentenced.
Kerik was convicted on charges that included lying to the White H