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Prison is not unprecedented for Trump’s conviction for false documents

Now that the jury in Donald Trump’s criminal trial has made the historic decision to convict him, the judge overseeing the case will soon be faced with a monumental choice: whether to sentence the 2024 Republican presidential candidate to prison.

After the 12-person jury delivered its verdict on Thursday finding Trump guilty of all 34 charges of falsifying corporate records he faced, Judge Juan Merchan set the former US president’s sentencing for July 11.

Prison terms are rare for people convicted in New York state of falsifying business records — the charge Trump, a businessman turned politician, faced during his six-week trial.

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