Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Quinn, No. 12-2260 (7th Cir.) (698 F.3d 651) (October 18, 2012) (Judge Frank H. Easterbrook) by The defendant in this case, Nicolai Quinn, pled guilty to possessing child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B). He was sentenced to 97 months' imprisonment and a lifetime term of …

U.S. v. Inman, No. 10-5702 (6th Cir.) (666 F.3d 1001) (February 7, 2012) (Per Curiam) by The Federal Sentencing Guidelines are littered with examples of a near-frenzied effort by the Sentencing Commission and/or Congress to impose the maximum possible punishment on all sex offenders, regardless of the specific sentencing factors …

U.S. v. Apodaca, No. 09-50372 (9th Cir.) (641 F.3d 1077) (April 12, 2011) (Judge Richard D. Cudahy) by Here the Court held that a district court’s decision to sentence a defendant, who was convicted of one count of possession of child pornography, to a lifetime term of supervised release was …