Defendants Will Be Resentenced at a Later Date
NEWARK, N.J. - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit today ruled that a former U.S. Army major and his wife, convicted for having endangered the welfare of their adopted children through a series of physically abusive acts, must be resentenced, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
Convicted by a jury in July 2015 on multiple counts of child endangerment, Carolyn Jackson, 39, had received only 24 months in prison while her husband, John E. Jackson, 42, formerly a major in the Army at the Picatinny Arsenal Installation in Morris County, New Jersey, had received only probation and 400 hours of community service. The government had appealed their sentences to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Today, the Court of Appeals ruled that the District Court had committed several errors in the process of imposing those sentences. As a result, the Jacksons will be resentenced at a later date, which has yet to be decided.
The government was represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney John Romano of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Appeals Division in Newark.
Jackson Verdict Release
Jackson Sentencing Release
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
