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U.S. v. McMutuary, No. 98-1150 (7th Cir.) (176 F.3d 959) (May 5, 1999) (Judge Michael S. Kanne)

Here the Seventh Circuit held that substantial differences in sentences between co-defendants can justify a downward departure, particularly if the lower sentence was unjustified, as happened in this case.

One of the highly-touted goals of the Guidelines was to narrow the wide disparity in sentences imposed for similar criminal offenses ...

 

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