U.S. v. Rivera-Ruperto, No. 12-2364 (1st Cir.) (852 F.3d 1) (January 13, 2017) (Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson)
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Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
This decision is noted for Judge Juan Torruella’s delicious and heart-warming dissent in which he railed against the rank idiocy of a combined sentence of 161 plus years given to a man who provided security services during six separate fake drug transactions staged by the FBI.
The defendant, Wendell …
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More from this issue:
- U.S. v. Kirkland, No. 16-40255 (5th Cir.) (851 F.3d 499) (March 17, 2017) (Judge James L. Dennis)
- U.S. v. Rivera-Ruperto, No. 12-2364 (1st Cir.) (852 F.3d 1) (January 13, 2017) (Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson)
- U.S. v. Lively, No. 15-1671 (6th Cir.) (852 F.3d 549) (March 27, 2017) (Judge Karen Nelson Moore)
- U.S. v. Sullivan, No. 16-3163 (8th Cir.) (853 F.3d 475) (April 5, 2017) (Per Curiam)
- County of Los Angeles v. Mendez, No. 16-369 (U.S. Supreme Court) (581 U.S. ___; 137 S.Ct. 1539) (May 30, 2017) (Justice Alito)
- Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions, No. 16-54 (U.S. Supreme Court) (581 U.S. ___; 137 S.Ct. 1562) (May 30, 2017) (Justice Thomas)
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