Under the terms of a plea bargain entered in U.S. District Court in New York City, Lamo faces a recommended sentence of six to 12 months in prison or another form of detention. His sentencing is scheduled for April 8.
Six to twelve months in prison is much more than everyone seems to have been expecting. The consensus was that Lamo would face up to six months of home detention.
We’ll see how this plays out, but it doesn’t look good.