What Do Paul Manafort and Jefferson Davis Have in Common?

Davis used pity to accomplish a political goal. Can Manafort do the same?

Jefferson Davis in his Fort Monroe cell. Source: Wikimedia

There was an unexpected development last week in the ongoing saga of Paul Manafort and the Russia investigation. After nearly two years of terrible news, Manafort received a shocking reprieve: he was sentenced to only four years in prison in his fraud case in the Eastern District of Virginia…