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U.S. v. Hanson, No. 07-CR-330 (E.D.Wisc.) (561 F.Supp.2d 1004) (June 20, 2008) (Judge Lynn S. Adelman)

Loaded on Dec. 1, 2008 published in Punch and Jurists December 29, 2008
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Lack of Empirical Support for Guidelines Sentence.

Here Judge Adelman sharply criticized the harsh penalties called for by U.S.S.G. § 2G2.2, and presented a compelling case for the proposition that § 2G2.2 "is not representative of the Commission's typical role or of empirical study".

In his critical analysis of the many flaws that he perceived to exist …

 

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