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U.S. v. Ministro-Tapia, No. 05-5101-pr (2nd Cir.) (470 F.3d 137) (November 28, 2006) (Judge John M. Jr. Walker)

Loaded on Jan. 1, 2007 published in Punch and Jurists January 01, 2007
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Parsimony Principle or Clause.

Since the Supreme Court’s decision in U.S. v. Booker, and the emphasis it placed on the “reasonableness” of a sentence, numerous commentators have noted that the appellate courts seem to have ignored the so-called “parsimony provision” of the Federal sentencing statutes - namely the mandate contained in 18 U.S.C. § ...

 

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