'More important public interest': Legal expert says judge got Trump sentence wrong

President-elect Donald Trump should not have gotten away scot-free without any penalty whatsoever after being convicted on 34 felony counts of business fraud, according to a legal analyst.

Eric Foster, an attorney and columnist with The Plan Dealer, argued that the immunity doctrine cited by Judge Juan Merchan should not have colored his decision to impose an actual penalty on the convicted felon, soon to be the 47th president of the United States.

That's because the immunity doctrine...