Editorial Board: Kwame Brown sentenced but justice hasn?t been served

?I AM NOT a victim. It was stupid. I was wrong.? With those words, with his voice cracking, former D.C. Council chairman Kwame R. Brown (D) faced a federal judge who, in sentencing him for bank fraud, spared him jail time in favor of home detention and community service. It was a far cry from the January morning in 2011 when U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. swore Mr. Brown into the city?s second-highest elective office. It was also a sad but powerful reminder that no one is above the law.

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