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U.S. v. Diaz, No. 11-CR-00821-2 (JG) (E.D.N.Y.) (2013 WL 322243) (January 28, 2013) (Judge John Gleeson)

Loaded on Feb. 4, 2013 published in Punch and Jurists February 04, 2013
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Lack of Empirical Support for Guidelines Sentence.

In U.S. v. Dossie, 851 F.Supp.2d 478 (E.D.N.Y. March 30, 2012) (P&J, 04/16/12), Judge Gleeson presented a brilliant and blistering attack on the spiraling use of mandatory minimum sentences in drug cases; and he concluded that such sentences "distort the sentencing process and mandate unjust sentences."

In the instant Memorandum ...

 

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