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U.S. v. Lora, No. CR. 98-10054-NG (D.Mass.) (129 F.Supp.2d 77) (February 20, 2001) (Judge Nancy Gertner)

Loaded on March 1, 2001 published in Punch and Jurists March 19, 2001
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Throughout this opinion, Judge Gertner repeatedly expressed her concern that, because drug sentences are driven primarily by the type and quantity of drugs, “the potential exists for the government, not the court, to effectively dictate the defendant’s ultimate sentence.” (Id., at 88). She also commented: “In a sentencing regime that ...

 

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