If Trump is found guilty he should not go to jail | Opinion

With Donald Trump’s hush-money trial wrapping up soon, a key legal principle has come into focus: a conviction requires all 12 jurors to agree he’s guilty. The odds Trump can’t secure even a single hold-out juror may be low, even in heavily Democratic Manhattan.

But if the jury does find Trump guilty, Judge Juan Merchan will then determine Trump’s sentence. There are a range of outcomes at sentencing. If the jury finds Trump guilty, he could face more than 10 years in prison. But Merchan...