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U.S. v. Presley, No. 14-2704 (7th Cir.) (790 F.3d 699) (June 11, 2015) (Judge Richard A. Posner)

Loaded on Dec. 14, 2015 published in Punch and Jurists July 13, 2015
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Elderly Defendants.

In this opinion Judge Posner addressed an issue that, far too often, is totally ignored by sentencing judges who routinely (especially in cases involving drugs, guns or pornography) impose sentences that are humongously long and expressed in terms of hundreds of months. That issue, in Judge Posner’s words, is “the ...

 

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More from this issue:

  1. U.S. v. Presley, No. 14-2704 (7th Cir.) (790 F.3d 699) (June 11, 2015) (Judge Richard A. Posner)
  2. U.S. v. Suarez, No. 14-2378 (2nd Cir.) (791 F.3d 363) (June 30, 2015) (Judge Barrington D. Jr. Parker)
  3. U.S. v. D.W., No. 13-CR-173 (E.D.N.Y.) (198 F.Supp.3d 18) (June 25, 2015) (Judge Jack B. Weinstein)
  4. Glossip v. Gross, No. 14-7955 (U.S. Supreme Court) (576 U.S. ___; 135 S.Ct. 2726) (June 29, 2015) (Justice Alito)
  5. Turkmen v. Hasty, No. 13-981 (2nd Cir.) (789 F.3d 218) (June 17, 2015) (Judge Pooler & Wesley)
  6. U.S. v. Warner, No. 14-1330 (7th Cir.) (792 F.3d 847) (July 10, 2015) (Judge Michael S. Kanne)
  7. Davis v. Ayala, No. 13-1428 (U.S. Supreme Court) (576 U.S. ___; 135 S.Ct. 1428) (June 18, 2015) (Justice Alito)

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