U.S. v. Snyder, No. 00-1043 (1st Cir.) (235 F.3d 42) (December 21, 2000) (Judge Sandra L. Lynch)
Here the Court revisited Judge Harrington’s controversial decision in which he refused to sentence a defendant to a “draconian” Guideline sentence that was ten times greater than the applicable state sentence because it offended his sense of justice.
This is one of those cases that is usually buried …
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