Sentences with phrase «assertions by federal prosecutors»
A federal judge Friday delayed sentencing of Edward Walsh, and set a date for a hearing on whether new assertions by federal prosecutors should potentially increase the prison time faced by the former Suffolk Conservative Party leader.
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A federal judge delayed sentencing of Edward Walsh, and set a date for a pre-sentencing hearing on whether new assertions by federal prosecutors are accurate and should potentially increase the prison time faced by the former Suffolk Conservative Party leader.
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Walsh's defense attorneys have argued in court papers that federal prosecutors now unfairly want U.S. District Judge Arthur Spatt to boost the potential sentence to 37 to 46 months — by taking into account new assertions.
In sum, I questions the assertion that federal judges «should not make policy judgments» at sentencing because: (1) such judgments seem inevitable and are clearly made by prosecutors in every criminal case, and (2) a fair reading of the text of 3553 (a) suggests that Congress has ordered federal judges to make individualized policy judgments in each and every sentencing.