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In Re: Sealed Case, No. 08-3029 (D.C. Cir.) (573 F.3d 844) (July 28, 2009) (Judge David S. Tatel)

Loaded on July 1, 2009 published in Punch and Jurists July 13, 2009
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In this case, a divided panel from the D.C. Circuit held that Federal judges cannot use a greater likelihood of rehabilitation to justify a longer prison sentence for a criminal defendant. In so ruling, the Court recognized a split among circuit courts on that issue.

The defendant in this case, ...

 

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