U.S. v. Blake, No. CR 98-979 (JBW) (E.D.N.Y.) (89 F.Supp.2d 328) (March 15, 2000) (Judge Jack B. Weinstein)
In this case District Judge Weinstein refused to sentence a young woman bank robber to prison because he concluded that incarceration would “debilitate” rather than “rehabilitate” her. Pointing to a number of factors, including the defendant’s diminished capacity, the aberrant nature of her criminal act, her family responsibilities, her potential ...
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