Should the federal criminal sentencing guideline be used to add an extra eight to ten months in prison for the executive director of a charity who embezzled about $150,000 from the agency when the guideline says a two-level enhancement should be applied when the offence involves “a misrepresentation that the defendant was acting on behalf of a charitable” organization? A federal District Court in Illinois said it should be applied. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has said not so fast. The executive director of a charitable organization pleaded guilty to wire fraud and was sentenced to 42 months in prison, plus a fine, restitution and a year’s supervised release. He had raised $1.1...