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U.S. v. Wong, No. 97-1441WM (8th Cir.) (127 F.3d 725) (October 14, 1997) (Judge Richard S. Arnold)

Loaded on Dec. 1, 1997 published in Punch and Jurists December 01, 1997
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Sentencing Disparity.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK - Sentences that can't be explained, justified or defended!

"[T]he fundamental problem with the guidelines is not their attempt to guide judicial discretion or their severity, but their utopian premise that 'unwarranted disparity' can and should be eliminated by rigid, detailed, mandatory sentencing formulas. . . ...

 

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