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U.S. v. Young, No. 13-5714 (6th Cir.) (766 F.3d 621) (September 11, 2014) (Per Curiam)

Loaded on Dec. 8, 2014 published in Punch and Jurists December 08, 2014
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This is another of the legions of cases that highlight the blatant absurdity of some of our nation’s extreme mandatory minimum sentences. The Court succinctly summed up the plight of the defendant in this case in its two opening paragraphs:

“Edward Young received a mandatory fifteen-year prison sentence for the ...

 

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