Sentences with phrase «guideline sentence of»

Meanwhile, as detailed in this blog post, Alaska's Senator Ted Stevens got some good sentencing news on Friday when a split DC Circuit panel affirmed a below - guideline sentence of probation for a tax cheat.

Proceedings below: Mario Claiborne received a below - guideline sentence of 15 months in prison in the district court, but the Eighth Circuit reversed this sentence as unreasonably low on the government's appeal; Victor Rita received a within - guideline sentence of 33 months in prison in the district court, and the Fourth Circuit affirmed this sentence as reasonable.

The Goldberg decision, which was authored by Judge Posner, reverses a below - guideline sentence of just one day of imprisonment for a seemingly troubled young man convicted of downloading and sharing child porn.

Shirley Huntley was sentenced to a year and a day behind bars for stealing from a nonprofit she ran, which was below the guideline sentence of 18 to 24 months.

Defended a mechanical contracting company and its president in a federal bribery investigation arising from an award of United States Post Office construction contracts and obtained a downward departure from federal sentencing guidelines sentence of incarceration to a sentence of probation.

Not exact matches

The U.S. Federal sentencing guidelines reward companies for even attempting to do a competent job of implementing an ethics and compliance program.

U.S. District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto issued the ruling Monday, saying it did not matter that investors eventually came out ahead since the amount of loss plays a significant role in federal sentencing guidelines.

«Mr. Black has never sought a sentence reduction for acceptance of responsibility — a decision that, under the government's own calculations of the Guidelines, cost him fully 21 months in extra prison time.»

For that reason, he said the sentencing guidelines are «irrational and silly» and «not worthy of consideration» since they would recommend a «bizarre» sentence greater than what Congress would give.

Rethinking how sentencing guidelines are created, what treatment programs could look like for those suffering from addiction and the effectiveness of mass incarceration is part of trading in the «war» strategy for something more nuanced and effective.

Rethinking how sentencing guidelines are created, what treatment programs could look like for those suffering from addiction and the effectiveness of mass incarceration is part of ending the «war» strategy for something more nuanced and fair.

As of 1 February, new guidelines * in England and Wales mean food industry professionals face possible custodial sentences for actions deemed to have caused harm or risk of harm to consumers.

Davis notes that in spite of a CBA that occupies 316 pages of mostly single - spaced sentences, the NFL has not bargained for «anything regarding dating, contacting or fraternizing cheerleaders or anyone» or for «any rules or guidelines for social media, posting or appearances other than as it relates to promoting products.»

Nearly 10 years after Cuomo, a staunch opponent of the death penalty, had left office, Smith authored the 2004 decision that ended the practice in New York, taking issue with the state's sentencing guidelines.

The sentencing guidelines suggest a jail term of between four and 36 months.

Indeed they deny that cannabis has any medicinal value, despite the licence granted to GW Pharmaceuticals and despite the recognition of it as mitigation in the sentencing guidelines.

Former state Supreme Court justice Emily Jane Goodman said the toughening of guidelines has forced judges to impose mandatory sentences for certain crimes, which are out of sync with the offense or don't take into account extenuating circumstances.

«As a result of these changes to the guidelines, we are hopeful that more judges will feel able to refer people who are dependent on drugs for treatment as part of a sentence for a drug - related offence.

Sentencing guidelines allow for anything between four and 36 months for perverting the course of justice.

Which includes the US and I presume many other countries by delegating reviews of sentencing guidelines to some cabinet position.

Not just New Labour's overwhelming desire to amass all sorts of information about the individual and New Labour's managerial model of how to govern but also, in particular, a steady shift away from «justice» and towards «control»: towards the arbitrary, unconstrained use of power through the regular invocation of states of exception (terror legislation and Iceland is in this category); the creation of catch - all legislation whose operational interpretation is at the whim of the police (photography, questioning individual police officers); government attempts to constrain the judiciary through tick - the - box sentencing guidelines, and at an individual level examples such as David Milliband's quite disgraceful prevarication over torture allegations.

Since Mr Assange has a history of skipping bail, it's unlikely the courts would offer this to him, meaning that he'd remain in jail for a minimum of 2 - 3 years while the case drags through the courts (noting that the guideline sentence for bail evasion is 12 months).

Standing on the Bronx shoreline in Barretto Point Park, with Rikers Island directly behind him, Massey proposed criminal justice reforms including a «comprehensive review of sentencing guidelines and judicial practices that particularly disadvantage black and hispanic New Yorkers.»

Criminal Undocumented Immigrants Sentencing Guidelines — Vote Passed (257 - 167, 9 Not Voting) The House passed legislation that would establish specific possible fines and prison sentences for undocumented immigrants convicted of certain criminal offenses and who illegally return to the United States despite having been previously deported or otherwise excluded from the country.

Silver's lawyers maintain in their sentencing memo that Manhattan Federal Judge Valerie Caproni should consider «a term of rigorous community service — whether as an alternative to incarceration, or as a component of an appropriate below - guidelines sentence» due to his age and poor health.

«The guidelines range is high because the United States Sentencing Commission explicitly has recognized the «threat to the integrity of democratic processes» caused by public corruption offenses,» the feds wrote.

New sentencing guidelines published today recommend jail sentences of at least seven years for dangerous drivers who cause death on the roads.

There's a long list of steps being taken: a new offence of possessing «paedophilic manuals»; a strengthening of sentencing guidelines for computer hacking operations; new powers to seize and destroy chemical substances suspected of being used as cutting agents for illegal drugs.

A government filing had demanded a stiff sentence near or within advisory guidelines of roughly 12 to 15 years for Dean Skelos and 10 to 12 years for Adam.

(The longest one the government cited was the 14 years behind bars given to former Democratic assemblyman William F. Boyland Jr.) Sentencing guidelines recommended a term of roughly between 22 and 27 years, but Judge Valerie Caproni said a sentence in that range would be «draconian and unjust» given 71 - year - old Silver's age.

The sentencing shake - up also sees the government change guidelines to create a «two - strike» approach to those convicted of a serious sexual or violent crime.

Judge Valerie Caproni described a term of around 22 to 27 years, per sentencing guidelines, as «draconian and unjust» given Silver's age, according to the New York Times.

As with every other aspect of sentencing, one would expect the Lord Chief Justice, senior judges and the Supreme Court to issue sentencing guidelines.

They wrote that they had no quarrel with the probation office's calculation of federal sentencing guidelines — which called for 21 years and 10 months on the low end and 27 years and three months on the high — and they felt he deserved much more than the 10 years the office recommended.

The Sentencing Council providing guidelines for judges and chaired by Lord Justice Treacy also cautioned MPs that: «If the offender has insufficient resources to pay the total amount, the order of priority is: compensation; victim surcharge; fine; costs.

Boyland Jr., who represented a district comprising of Bushwick, Crown Heights, Bedford - Stuyvesant and Brownsville, was sentenced this past September to 14 years in federal prison — less than the 20 - year term requested by prosecutors and recommended by federal sentencing guidelines, according to the Times.

U.S. District Senior Judge Thomas J. McAvoy will rely on federal sentencing guidelines if he sentences Scarborough, and must publicly state his justifications if he sentences the lawmaker to less or more time than are called for in the guidelines, which take into account factors such as a defendant's criminal history and acceptance of responsibility for their crimes.

So King used 33 years of data that was held by the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission.

Under the new guidelines, employers who breach their duty towards employees and non-employees face significantly larger fines if sentenced on or after 1 February 2016, regardless of when the offence was committed.

Following the guidelines in parenthesis, rely on your imagination and experience to develop each idea in a paragraph of at least four or five sentences.

It makes me very, very sad to think of the number of incredible books we have all missed because of this stupid one - sentence guideline.

This session will provide participants with a working knowledge of the Criminal Code with regards to animal cruelty cases and a guideline with respect to charge approval, elements of the offence and sentencing options.

* Juror guidelines state that consideration must be made for submissions by non-native English speakers regarding issues of spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure.

Legal sanctions do not appear to have a deterrent effect when looking at rates of hit - and - run pedestrian fatalities and sentencing guidelines for fatal hit - and - run crashes.

By now, you've probably read elsewhere about the case of Genarlow Wilson, the seventeen - year old Georgia high school student and athlete who engaged in consensual oral sex with a fifteen - year old and was sentenced to ten years in prison under Georgia's mandatory minimum sentence guidelines, which consider him a «sex offender.»

Sentencing Council member Judge Sarah Munro said the proposed guidelines would «ensure that courts have comprehensive guidance for dealing with the great range of offending».

On 29th April 2017, the European Council enacted its guidelines for Brexit negotiations in accordance with the second sentence of Article 50 (2).

The cases came in the wake of retroactive amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines that reduced prison terms for crack cocaine offenses.

If sentencing guidelines allow for consideration of prior bad acts, why not prior «good acts» as well?

The case is Dillon v. United States, and at issue is the question of whether the federal sentencing guidelines are binding or only advisory when defendants who were originally sentenced before the decision in United States v. Booker are resentenced pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3582 (c)(2), after the guidelines applicable to the offense in question are changed.