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U.S. v. Sabir, No. 96-5626 (3rd Cir.) (117 F.3d 750) (June 30, 1997) (Judge Morton I. Greenberg)

Stung by harsh criticism that the mandatory minimum drug statutes tended to treat low-level drug mules and high-level drug lords too much alike, in 1994 Congress enacted the so-called "safety-valve" provisions contained in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f). That statute authorizes the courts to impose a Guidelines sentence without regard to ...

 

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