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U.S. v. Snyder, No. CR. No. 95-10200-EFH (D.Mass.) (954 F.Supp. 19) (January 14, 1997) (Judge Edward F. Harrington)

Loaded on April 1, 1997 published in Punch and Jurists April 14, 1997
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Disparity in Charging/Sentencing Practices.

Noteworthy quote from Judge Harrington in which he criticized the "unbridled power, unchecked by judicial scrutinity" which enables prosecutors to impose grossly disproportionate sentences by virtue of their charging decisions.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK - The unfettered power of Federal prosecutors to shatter the lives of so many.

"It is ...

 

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