U.S. v. Rivera, No. 16-CR-323-002 (E.D.N.Y.) ( F.Supp.3d ) (December 7, 2017) (Judge Jack B. Weinstein)
Here Judge Weinstein issued another classic sentencing decision in which he complained about the severity and rigidness of today’s mandatory minimum sentences and bemoaned the “lack of sentencing alternatives” for young violent criminals.
In the thirty years since the enactment of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, there has probably been no ...
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