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U.S. v. Anderson, No. 07-3654 (7th Cir.) (547 F.3d 831) (November 5, 2008) (Judge Richard A. Posner)

Loaded on Oct. 1, 2008 published in Punch and Jurists October 20, 2008
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In another of his frequent dogmatic musings, Judge Posner has delved into two different aspects of the defense of diminished mental capacity in this decision. First, he virtually dismissed the limitation contained in U.S.S.G. ยง 5K2.13 that sentence reductions based on a significantly reduced mental capacity are unavailable if the ...

 

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