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U.S. v. Sally, No. 96-1864 (3rd Cir.) (116 F.3d 76) (May 28, 1997) (Judge Richard L. Nygaard)

Here the Court held that post-offense rehabilitation efforts, including post-conviction rehabilitation efforts, may constitute a sufficient basis for a downward sentence departure, provided the efforts are so exceptional as to remove the case from the particular heartland in which the acceptance of responsibility guideline was intended to appy. The …

 

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