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I have no doubt that we could have made it. However,
the expensive trial and the time of agents and the
attorneys that would have been involved made their
plea an attractive offer to us.
I believe that under the new lawti, they were
sent8l1ced under the new labor laws that have recently
been passed, and, as such, the barrable period can go as
high as 13 years now.
COMMISSIONER METHVIN: There was no bar in
this case. I don't see it mentioned.
MR. SCHAFFLER: I would have to double check
that. It's possiblA that there was. I believe there
was. I believe they had barrable offenses by law.
COMMISSIONER METHVIN: I would appreciate it
if staff and you would work together to give us full
information on the sentencing practices in this type
of case and see if this Commission can't promote the
notion amony judges and prosecutors that this lifetime
bar ought to be imposed more rrequently.
ACTING CllAIRMAN SKINNER: Mr. McBride.
COMMISSIONER Me BRIDE: Not a question, Agent
Schuffler, but more of a comment. I served earlier under
this administration as Inspector Ceneral of the Depart­
ment of Labor and had the rare privilege of supervising
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