Jemal's Sentencing Postponed Until Tuesday
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By Carol D. Leonnig and Debbi Wilgoren
Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, April 16, 2007; 11:44 AM
Douglas Jemal, the flamboyant developer whose projects over the last decade have have helped reshape downtown Washington, will have to wait until tomorrow to find out if he is going to jail.
Jemal, who was convicted in October of a felony financing fraud, was scheduled to be sentenced this morning in U.S. District Court by federal judge Ricardo Urbina.
But the hearing was postponed until Tuesday at 10 a.m. because Urbina was ill.
Prosecutors are seeking a four-year prison term, while Jemal has asked for probation. A deputy of Jemal's, Blake Esherick, was convicted of the same fraud count and two tax evasion charges and was sentenced in March to eight months in prison.
