Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Kupa, No. 11-CR-345 (E.D.N.Y.) (976 F.Supp.2d 417) (October 9, 2013) (Judge John Gleeson) by In the August 26, 2013 issue of P&J, we noted a lengthy and scholarly decision by District Judge Mark Bennett of the N.D.Iowa which documented the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) arbitrary, capricious and “deeply …

U.S. v. Young, No. CR 12-4107-MWB (N.D.Iowa) (960 F.Supp.2d 881) (August 16, 2013) (Judge Mark W. Bennett) by Here the Court presented a compelling view of the "deeply disturbing, yet often replayed, shocking, dirty little secret of federal sentencing: the stunningly arbitrary application by the DOJ of § 851 drug …

U.S. v. Douglas, No. 11-5384-cr (2nd Cir.) (713 F.3d 694) (April 15, 2013) (Judge Gerard E. Lynch) by In this case, the Court was called upon to assess the substantive reasonableness of an above-Guidelines, add-on sentence of 54 months imposed on Cameron Douglas (the son of Hollywood actor Michael Douglas), …