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Doug Berman at his wonderful blog criticized an idiotic comment by Congressman Sensenbrenner about judge shopping providing a good reason for keeping federal mandatory minimum sentences. Doug then...
View ArticleThe Holder Memo and sentencing disparity
The Attorney General has issued a Memorandum to his prosecutors that sets out the government’s new approach to whether prosecutors will use language in indictments that trigger statutory minimum...
View ArticleMemo to Scott Greenfield: Now is not the time to attack Smokey the Bear
Photo credit: The Historical Museum of Fort Missoula. Like my affection for the Sentencing Reform Act (a part of Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984, Pub.L. 98–473, S. 1762, 98 Stat. 1976, enacted...
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