Lori Loughlin?s sentence is a ?great outcome? for her, legal expert says: ?She should thank her lucky stars?

It’s a very light sentence considering the potential exposure she was facing,” Gregory Stone, a founding partner at Stone, Dean LLP in Los Angeles who has tried over 80 jury trials and handles criminal and civil matters in both state and federal courts, told Fox News on Friday following Loughlin's sentencing.Stone, who is not involved in the Loughlin case, said the actress and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, had their feet to the fire in these legal proceedings, and accepting their plea deal was the best hand they could have played.LORI LOUGHLIN'S HUSBAND, MOSSIMO GIANNULLI, SENTENCED TO 5 MONTHS IN PRISON IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS SCANDAL CASE“Had Loughlin gone to trial and lost she could have faced years in prison and if there was a guilty verdict after a jury trial it is not likely the court would’ve been so generous with the sentencing,” explained the lawyer.For their part in the widely followed federal case, Loughlin and Giannulli were sentenced to two and five months respectively by Judge Nathaniel M. (AP)“It is unlikely Loughlin’s community service will involve anything such as picking up trash on the side of the freeway,” said Stone, adding, “She will probably be able to do public service announcements as community service.”Loughlin and Giannulli had previously pleaded not guilty to expanded charges of bribery brought against them in October along with 11 other parents swept up in the scandal.LORI LOUGHLIN: FEDERAL PROSECUTORS URGE JUDGE TO ACCEPT ACTRESS' PRISON DEALThe charge of conspiracy to commit federal program bribery carries a maximum sentence of up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.