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U.S. v. Walls, No. 94-3033 (D.C. Cir.) (70 F.3d 1323) (December 8, 1995) (Judge A. Raymond Randolph)

Loaded on Jan. 1, 1996 published in Punch and Jurists January 15, 1996
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Cruel and Unusual Punishment.

Here the Court rejected Judge Oberdorfer's conclusions that the Guidelines sentencing scheme for crack cocaine was "cruel", "racist", and "arbitrary and capricious" and violated the Eighth Amendment's prohibitions against cruel and unusual punichment.

While this case covers a number of issues raised on appeal, its importance is that …

 

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