In a closely watched case involving President Joe Biden’s son, a jury in Delaware on June 11 returned guilty verdicts in all three counts against Hunter Biden. The jury found that the younger Biden had violated federal laws designed to keep people with drug addictions from owning firearms.

Fordham Law Professor Cheryl Bader spoke to Poynter about Hunter Biden’s criminal cases and what could come next.

What might Biden’s sentence be?

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Cheryl Bader, a Fordham University law professor, said the traditional purposes of incarceration — incapacitation, deterrence, rehabilitation, and retribution — do not really apply in Biden’s case. He is not a danger to the community, she said, and he appears to have been rehabilitated and achieved sobriety.

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