U.S. v. Campbell, No. 92-1234 (D.D.C.) (959 F.Supp. 20) (April 18, 1997) (Judge Louis F. Oberdorfer)
Loaded on June 1, 1997
published in Punch and Jurists
June 02, 1997
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Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
After being reversed by the Court of Appeals for concluding that a 20 year sentence would consitiute cruel and unusual punishment, Judge Oberdorfer requested that the case be assigned to a different judge.
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