The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed last week a downward departure for a sentence that it likely would have found unreasonable before the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings in Gall v. U.S. and Kimbrough v. U.S. on Dec. 10.
Larry Pauley was convicted of one count of possessing child pornography and acknowledged that his guidelines’ [...]
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January 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · 4th Circuit, Guidelines, Sentencing
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Scott: Abolish mandatory sentencing guidelines
June 28th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Guidelines, Sentencing
Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., has vowed to abolish federal mandatory sentencing guidelines, reports The Daily Press.
Scott, chair of the House Judiciary subcommittee on crime, held hearings in Washington this past week. The leading witness was a federal judge from Utah who noted that he was compelled by the guidelines to give a first-time offender [...]
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