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U.S. v. Ressam, No. 09-30000 (9th Cir.) (679 F.3d 1069) (March 12, 2012) (Judge Richard R. Clifton)

Loaded on April 2, 2012 published in Punch and Jurists April 02, 2012
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Reasonableness of Departure/Sentence.

The 22-year sentence for the so-called "Millennium Bomber" is vacated and the case is remanded for resentencing, where the sentence was substantively unreasonable, based on the Ninth Circuit's definite and firm conviction that the district court committed a clear error of judgment in sentencing the defendant abased on several findings ...

 

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