Julie Chrisley continues to battle for her freedom as her lawyer has filed a brand new response to her September resentencing, demanding the truth star’s sentence must be vacated.
In keeping with WSB-TV2, Julie’s lawyer posted the submitting on Friday (March 14), which, along with demanding a vacated sentence, asks for a brand new choose to supervise the case “to make sure the truth and look of justice.”
Julie and her husband, Todd Chrisley, had been convicted of financial institution and tax fraud in 2022 and sentenced to a mixed 19 years in federal jail. The couple appealed their sentences; Todd’s request was denied, whereas Julie was granted a resentencing listening to. Nevertheless, in September 2024, the choose upheld Julie’s authentic 84-month sentence at FMC Lexington.
Final month, federal prosecutors filed a quick admitting the choose made a mistake by including an additional two years to Julie’s supervised launch. Regardless of the acknowledgement of this error, it doesn’t imply Julie could have any time diminished from her jail sentence, as she remains to be anticipated to serve the complete 84 months she was initially sentenced to.
Within the new submitting, Julie’s lawyer claims the upheld sentence in September was made out of “vindictiveness” in direction of Julie’s daughter, Savannah Chrisley, who has spoken out concerning the case and her mother and father’ alleged mistreatment in jail.
“The court docket refused any downward variance whereas expressing displeasure with Savannah’s public statements,” the doc learn, per WSB-TV2. “This sequence – a profitable enchantment, adopted by judicial displeasure over public criticism, culminating in an elevated sentence with out goal justification – presents compelling proof of vindictiveness requiring reassignment.”
Savannah has been campaigning for her mother and father’ launch over the previous two years, most not too long ago taking her battle to the White Home, the place she is hoping President Donald Trump will pardon Todd and Julie.
The Chrisley Is aware of Finest alum spoke on the Conservative Political Motion Convention (CPAC), the place she detailed the alleged injustices her mother and have confronted.
In a message to her Instagram followers final month, Savannah mentioned, “I do know that I’m going by way of the right channels to [get her parents pardoned], and I’m going to deliver as a lot consciousness to it as doable as a result of this stuff shouldn’t occur.”
On her Unlocked podcast, she added, “I’m asking President Trump for a pardon. I’ve obtained all the knowledge. I’ve despatched it to everybody that I do know to ship it to. Even after my mother and father come dwelling, I’ll proceed to battle for justice for individuals who can’t battle for themselves, as a result of now I do know an excessive amount of to not do one thing about it.”