U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer rejected the government's suggestion of a one-year prison term at Friday's sentencing hearing. She said it was a "close call" in deciding whether Stadd's conduct was corrupt or a misunderstanding of ethics laws, but added that he ignored his ethical obligations in steering NASA contract money to his client.
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