U.S. v. C.R., No. 09-CR-155 (E.D.N.Y.) (792 F.Supp.2d 343) (May 16, 2011) (Judge Jack B. Weinstein)
Loaded on Dec. 26, 2011
published in Punch and Jurists
December 26, 2011
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Once again boldly challenging (if not defying) the Second Circuit, and once again attacking the premises and validity of both the child pornography laws and some of the many mandatory minimum sentencing laws, Judge Weinstein held, in this whopping 420-page long sentencing memorandum, that the five-year mandatory minimum sentence …
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