Another ‘Scam’ Scandal: Huffman’s Light Sentence
By having her daughter’s SAT scores altered, Felicity Huffman attempted to do harm to competitive applicants by increasing her daughter’s chances at their expense (“Now a desperate ‘big house’ wife,” Sept. 14).
This was not a victimless crime, and thus, the sentence is far too lenient. Huffman is a sophisticated woman and clearly knew the implications of what she was doing.
Judge Indira Talwani, in handing down a sentence of 14 days, failed to consider the harm that Huffman’s actions inflicted on other students. Mel Young Lawrence
“With liberty and justice for all” — well, for most. The Huffman sentence is the textbook definition of a two-tiered justice system.
The one percent of our nation are subject to a different set of laws. Money talks and the courts listen. Stephen Kruger Birgantine, NJ
Thanks to Andrea Peyser for her column (“She’s a thief — and this was larceny in the first ‘degree’ ” Post-Opinion, Sept. 14).
Once again, we have junk justice doled out by a celebrity-loving judge. I wonder what the student who lost his college spot thanks to bought-and-paid-for SAT scores thinks.
It never occurred to Huffman or Lori Loughlin to tell their daughters to pick up books and study? No, that’s what the children of the people they disdain do.
And then people wonder why the country is so divided. Rules for pampered, virtue-signaling liberal celebs and rules for those who actually work and study are different.
Huffman is quite the actress. Her only regret is that she was caught. Alice Lemos Woodside
What’s all the fuss about poor Felicity?
This admission scam has been going on for years. In fact, I once knew a rich banker from New Jersey who made a donation to his alma mater in order to get his son enrolled. The son is a dunce. Bob Sheehan Beaufort, SC
Although a part of me feels bad for Felicity Huffman, a part of me doesn’t.
She should have realized that the most important part of parenthood is teaching your child right from wrong.
My daughter had difficulty with math, so we sent her to SAT review for $300. That is what the parents in my racially mixed neighborhood did. My daughter got accepted into 10 colleges on her own, Northwestern being one.
Felicity’s daughter will never feel that her mother had confidence in her. Her mother should have told her, like the mothers and fathers in my neighborhood told their children: “Just do your best.”
She apologized, but it doesn’t change the fact that somewhere a student who scored higher because of their own ability lost out. I wonder if she will be able to sleep at night. Maureen Masone Inwood
As the son of a father who spent some 12 hours a day working hard so I could attend a CUNY school and purchase books, I can’t understand those who cheat the system to attend a more prestigious, expensive school.
I studied hard, attended summer school and made my loving, middle-class parents proud of my accomplishments. I was equally proud of myself.
To think Huffman had the chutzpah to ask for no prison time is beyond belief. Maybe Huffman, the actress, can start acting like a responsible citizen. Lori Loughlin: You’re next. Alan Hershman Manhattan
Huffman committed a crime by trying to get her unqualified daughter into a top college.
Is what she did any different than what Sen. Elizabeth Warren did in lying about her heritage in order to get a position at Harvard College?
She continued to lie about her background for years, including on official forms, seemingly when she thought it would give her an advantage over others. Is anything she says now to be believed? Robert DeCandia New Hyde Park
THE ISSUE: Felicity Huffman’s 14-day prison sentence after having her daughter’s SAT scores altered.