Will Anthony Marshall and estate attorney Francis Morrissey spend time in jail for having looted the estate of Marshall’s mother, New York socialite and philanthropist Brooke Astor?  Yesterday, the answer was maybe.  This morning’s sentencing, deemed by the New York Post as a lengthy beg-a-thon for mercy, left real jail time as still an unknown.  Marshall and Morrissey both received one to three year sentences.  Whether either man will spend time in prison, however, is at best a “maybe” as legal maneuvering to help the defendants delay if not avoid serving jail time appears in full swing.

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