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U.S. v. Watkins, No. 05-4551 (6th Cir.) (509 F.3d 277) (December 14, 2007) (Judge Ronald Lee Gilman)

Loaded on Nov. 1, 2007 published in Punch and Jurists November 26, 2007
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Cruel and Unusual Punishment.

In this case, the Sixth Circuit rejected the defendant’s contention that his sentence of 1,772 months (147 years) was constitutionally invalid under the Eighth Amendment as cruel and unusual punishment. The defendant, Gary Watkins, a first time offender, was convicted of participating in a string of six bank robberies …

 

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