[2] The discovery purpose is «ancillary» to the main purpose of the hearing. (criminalnotebook.ca)
The stated purpose of this hearing is to examine the use of at - risk funding in DCPS and public charter schools thus far and its impact on improving the academic achievement of our students most at - risk of academic failure. (davidgrosso.org)
The article notes that the Gall case «could affect criminal sentences in every federal courtroom in America,» and the editorial calls for «Congress [to] eliminate the garden - variety drug prosecutions and return the federal courts to their original purpose of hearing major criminal cases that cut across state lines and exceed local authority and resources.» (sentencing.typepad.com)