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U.S. v. Rivera, No. 97-1223, No. 320 (2nd Cir.) (192 F.3d 81) (September 14, 1999) (Judge Dennis G. Jacobs)

In this case the Second Circuit joined with a number of other Circuits in holding that a district court may properly grant a downward departure on the ground that extreme childhood abuse caused mental and emotional conditions that contributed to the defendant’s commission of the offense. In support of its ...

 

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