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)
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July 13, 2015
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Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
Once again, our favorite judicial maverick, District Judge Jack Weinstein, has raised some weighty and searing questions about the automatically harsh sentences that are required to be imposed in child porn and sexual exploitation cases. Despite the importance of his questions, we doubt that the Second Circuit will ever …
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