According to the Sacramento Bee today, Judge Karlton sentenced an ex-Kraft Foods executive to 27 months prison in the "big tomato" scandal, see my May 8, 2009 and Feb 19, 2009 posts:
U.S. District Judge Lawrence K. Karlton said he planned to impose less prison time because of the "tragedy of Mr. Watson's personal life" at the time he took bribes to manipulate the purchasing process. Watson's wife was terminally ill and he was supporting his daughter, who was his wife's full-time caregiver.
Upon further reflection, Karlton said, he decided lighter punishment was "inappropriate," given the offense's nature.
"This was a very large fraud encompassing food for the American people," the judge noted.