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U.S. v. Winters, No. 98-60181 (5th Cir.) (174 F.3d 478) (April 23, 1999) (Judge Carl E. Stewart)

Loaded on April 1, 1999 published in Punch and Jurists April 26, 1999
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In this case a divided panel from the Fifth Circuit held that only rarely will a Federal District Court be justified in granting a convicted law enforcement officer a downward departure on the basis of the officer's special vulnerability to abuse while in prison. While the Court recognized that the …

 

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