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A sentence-reduction hearing was held on November 16, 1992, and Bakker's sentence was reduced to eight years. In August 1993, he was transferred to a minimum-security federal prison in [[Jesup, Georgia]]. Bakker was [[parole]]d in July 1994, after serving almost five years of his sentence.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jim Bakker freed from jail to stay in a halfway house |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/02/us/jim-bakker-freed-from-jail-to-stay-in-a-halfway-house.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 2, 1994 |access-date=March 11, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311081429/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/02/us/jim-bakker-freed-from-jail-to-stay-in-a-halfway-house.html |archive-date=March 11, 2018}}</ref> His son, Jay, spearheaded a letter-writing campaign to the parole board advocating leniency.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bakker |first=Jay |author-link=Jay Bakker |title=Son of a Preacher Man: My Search for Grace in the Shadows |year=2001 |publisher=Harper Collins |isbn=006251699X}}</ref> Celebrity lawyer [[Alan Dershowitz]] acted as Bakker's parole attorney, having said that he "would guarantee that Mr. Bakker would never again engage in the blend of religion and commerce that led to his conviction."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/24/us/judge-cuts-bakker-s-prison-term-making-parole-possible-in-4-years.html |title=Judge cuts Bakker's prison term, making parole possible in 4 years |last=Applebome |first=Peter |date=24 August 1991 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=15 April 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515161918/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/24/us/judge-cuts-bakker-s-prison-term-making-parole-possible-in-4-years.html |archive-date=May 15, 2020}}</ref> Bakker was released from [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]] custody on December 1, 1994,<ref>{{cite news |last=Smothers |first=Ronald |title=Ex-television evangelist Bakker ends prison sentence for fraud |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/02/us/ex-television-evangelist-bakker-ends-prison-sentence-for-fraud.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 2, 1994 |access-date=February 21, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216030215/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/02/us/ex-television-evangelist-bakker-ends-prison-sentence-for-fraud.html |archive-date=February 16, 2018}}</ref> owing $6 million to the IRS.<ref>{{cite news | last=Krotz | first=Daniel | url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-krotz/jim-bakker-and-other-coun_b_795822.html | work=[[Huffington Post]] | title=Jim Bakker and the counterfeit hell robbers | date=December 20, 2010 | access-date=February 18, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204062348/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-krotz/jim-bakker-and-other-coun_b_795822.html | archive-date=February 4, 2017 | url-status=live}}</ref>
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In addition the federal sentencing method was based on a system of points, where points were added or subtracted depending on various factors including the particular crimes. Using a chart prepared by the US Sentencing Commission the total of the points indicated the sentencing range. A change of eight years to 45 years is way outside the range of any one total of points.<ref>[https://www.ussc.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/guidelines-manual/2016/Sentencing_Table.pdf ussc.gov]</ref> For the 4th Circuit to require a resentencing, that required that the District Court to modify the convictions.
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Bakker's revived show features a number of ministers who bill themselves as "prophets". He now says that "PTL" stands for "Prophets Talking Loud".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jimbakkershow.com/news/the-5-principles-of-faith/|title=The 5 Principles of Faith|first=Jim|last=Bakker|date=June 22, 2016|access-date=July 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703005054/https://jimbakkershow.com/news/the-5-principles-of-faith/|archive-date=July 3, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
In an October 2017 video, Bakker said that "God will punish those" who ridicule him;<ref>{{cite web|last=Mazza|first=Ed|title=Jim Bakker Says God Will Punish You For Making Fun Of Him|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jim-bakker-stop-making-fun-of-me_us_59e593f3e4b0a2324d1d2f54|quote=Jim Bakker: One day, you're going to shake your fist in God's face. And you're going to say, 'God, why didn't you warn me?' He's gonna say, 'You sat there and you made fun of Jim Bakker all those years. I warned you, but you didn't listen.|work=[[HuffPost]]|date=October 17, 2017|access-date=February 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107145213/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jim-bakker-stop-making-fun-of-me_us_59e593f3e4b0a2324d1d2f54|archive-date=January 7, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> he has said that [[Hurricane Harvey]] was a judgment of God, and he blamed [[Hurricane Matthew]] on then-President [[Barack Obama]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Disgraced pastor Jim Bakker says Hurricane Harvey was 'judgment' from God while selling his Tasty Pantry bucket for $175|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/disgraced-pastor-jim-bakker-calls-hurricane-harvey-judgement-article-1.3473935|work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|location=New York|date=September 5, 2017|access-date=February 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212083505/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/disgraced-pastor-jim-bakker-calls-hurricane-harvey-judgement-article-1.3473935|archive-date=February 12, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Tashman|first=Brian|title=Jim Bakker Blames Hurricane Matthew On Obama|url=http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/jim-bakker-blames-hurricane-matthew-on-obama/ |publisher=Right Wing Watch|date=October 17, 2016|access-date=February 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212083601/http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/jim-bakker-blames-hurricane-matthew-on-obama/|archive-date=February 12, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Bakker predicted that if then-President [[Donald Trump]] was [[Efforts to impeach Donald Trump|impeached]], Christians would begin a Second American Civil War.<ref>{{cite web|title=Televangelist Jim Bakker: Christians will start a civil war if Trump is impeached|website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|quote=Jim Bakker: If it happens, there will be a civil war in the United States of America. |last=Delk |first=Josh |url=
On the ''Stand in the Gap Today'' radio program, Pennsylvania Pastors Network president Sam Rohrer criticized Bakker's civil-war prediction.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gryboski|first=Michael|title=Pastors Network Pres: Jim Bakker Is Wrong, Christians Won't Start 'Civil War' Over Trump Impeachment|url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/pastors-network-president-jim-bakker-wrong-christians-wont-start-civil-war-over-trump-impeachment-197355/|work=[[The Christian Post]]|date=August 31, 2017|access-date=February 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214073339/https://www.christianpost.com/news/pastors-network-president-jim-bakker-wrong-christians-wont-start-civil-war-over-trump-impeachment-197355/|archive-date=February 14, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Christian Today]]'' criticized Bakker's show for preying on "the most vulnerable kinds of people" and claimed that it had "no place on our TV screens."<ref>{{cite web|last=Saunders|first=Martin|title=Jim Bakker's TV show amounts to spiritual abuse – so why is he still broadcasting?|url=https://www.christiantoday.com/uk/jim-bakkers-tv-show-amounts-to-spiritual-abuse-so-why-is-he-still-broadcasting/128881.htm|work=[[Christian Today]]|date=May 1, 2018|access-date=May 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502064231/https://www.christiantoday.com/uk/jim-bakkers-tv-show-amounts-to-spiritual-abuse-so-why-is-he-still-broadcasting/128881.htm|archive-date=May 2, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
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