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U.S. v. Leviner, No. 97-10260 (D.Mass.) (31 F.Supp.2d 23) (December 22, 1998) (Judge Nancy Gertner)

Loaded on Jan. 1, 1999 published in Punch and Jurists January 11, 1999
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Racial/Ethnic Bias/Profiling.

This case is noted because it has been called the first decision in the country to grant a downward departure because the defendant's criminal history may have been improperly inflated by racial disparities.

In a decision that evoked an immediate outcry from the Boston newspapers, Judge Gertner gave an African- ...

 

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