Sentences with phrase «in federal sentencing»

A list of the titles and contributors shows why anyone interested in federal sentencing after Booker has to cruise over and check out all the paper in the symposium:

The sentence was more than five years under the sentencing range outlined in the federal sentencing guidelines, but over Dubina's dissent, two other judges affirmed the seven - year term.

What we can effectively see and measure are changes in federal sentencing laws and federal prosecutorial practices, and these changes suggest a set of intricate stories help account for recent federal prison population changes.

After a multi-day sentencing hearing with multiple expert witnesses, the court sentenced Zuk to 26 months active incarceration time, versus his 324 to 405 months of prison time provided in the federal sentencing guidelines.

I will need to take a little time to dig into some of the particular because providing my own assessment and spin, but I have always feared (and wrote an article a long time ago) that differences in the resources and abilities of defense counsel may create or enhance disparities in federal sentencing outcomes in ways that can not be easily measured or remedied.

In 2015, Senator Chuck Grassley introduced a long awaited bi-partisan criminal justice reform bill designed to address inequities in federal sentencing and promote rehabilitation and re-entry for persons who are incarcerated.

June 23, 2017 in Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Mandatory minimum sentencing statutes, Offender Characteristics, Offense Characteristics, Procedure and Proof at Sentencing, Who Sentences?

October 3, 2017 in Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Mandatory minimum sentencing statutes, Offense Characteristics, Procedure and Proof at Sentencing, Who Sentences?

This case presents some of the critical difficulties in federal sentencing.

[48] Judges looking to assess a fine should also consider the factors in the federal sentencing statute in calculating the amount, including the seriousness of the offence, promotion of respect for the law, provision of just punishment for the defendant and its deterrent factor.

However, thanks to this terrific University of Michigan Law Library site, which has all of Alito's academic writings here, we can unearth what might be hints as to how a Justice Alito might view key participants in the post-Booker world from two commentaries appearing in the Federal Sentencing Reporter not long after the guidelines were enacted.

October 5, 2004 in Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Severability of FSG, Who Sentences?

First, as noted before here, the SG brief completely ducks the question of whether, if Blakely applies to the federal guidelines, the guidelines can and should still apply in federal sentencing cases that do not raise any «Blakely factors.»

This article argues that each of the major decision - makers in the federal sentencing process, Congress, the United States Sentencing Commission and the federal judiciary contribute substantially to mass incarceration.

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Our legal team is equally well versed in the federal sentencing guidelines and the tactics that prosecutors use to push for tough sanctions.

In addition, federal prosecutors are well - versed in the federal sentencing guidelines and typically seek the harshest possible penalty.

Part III defends meaningful substantive reasonableness review as essential to promoting fairness and uniformity in federal sentencing.

But I am certain this is today's must read for everyone working in the federal sentencing vineyards.

The compliance plan itself will provide detail in the seven areas of an effective compliance program as set forth in the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.

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.

Not exact matches

Despite the changes on the medical front, the federal Tories have not only indicated their intention to keep marijuana in the Criminal Code, but have also introduced mandatory minimum sentences of six months on small - time grow - ops — six or more plants — as part of the omnibus crime bill, Bill C - 10.

During the sentencing phase of Tsarnaev's trial in federal court in Boston, his lawyers have been trying to paint him as a mostly normal American kid who fell under the spell of his now - deceased older brother, ultimately joining him in the 2013 bombing of the Boston Marathon.

Tsarnaev's death sentence, once confirmed at the hearing, would make him one of just 59 prisoners condemned to execution in U.S. federal courts, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

This year, Nassar pleaded guilty to federal child - pornography charges and was sentenced to 60 years in prison.

Nassar has also been sentenced to 60 years in federal prison for child pornography.

In one the researchers compared the sentences received by major players (that is, those who stole $ 100,000 or more) in the savings - and - loan scandal a decade ago with the sentences handed to other types of nonviolent federal offenderIn one the researchers compared the sentences received by major players (that is, those who stole $ 100,000 or more) in the savings - and - loan scandal a decade ago with the sentences handed to other types of nonviolent federal offenderin the savings - and - loan scandal a decade ago with the sentences handed to other types of nonviolent federal offenders.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- In his last major act as president, Barack Obama is cutting short the sentences of 330 federal inmates convicted of drug crimes.

Weiner was sentenced to nearly two years in federal prison on Monday for sexting the teenage girl.

He was sentenced to life in prison last month, though federal guidelines stated he could have served as few as twenty years.

The change represents yet another way that Sessions, who served as a federal prosecutor at the height of the drug war in Mobile, Alabama, has reversed Obama - era criminal justice policies aimed at easing overcrowding in federal prisons and rethinking of how drug criminals are prosecuted and sentenced.

It came crashing down hard on Friday as a federal judge in Manhattan sentenced Ulbricht to serve the rest of his life in prison, following his earlier conviction on seven charges related to conspiracy, narcotics and money - laundering.

A Hartford man, who authorities believe sold the drugs that led to two fatal overdoses in 2016, was sentenced Wednesday to 46 months in federal prison.

Nicholas Berthaume, a former employee of the US Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C., has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 12 months probation for installing Bitcoin mining software on one of the government servers he was supposed to manage.

In fact, the guidance issued by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) included this sentence, removing any doubt about whether the federal government was signaling that this activity can be conducted: «This FinCEN guidance clarifies how financial institutions can provide services to marijuana - related businesses consistent with their BSA obligations.»

Computer Associates — Former CEO Sanjay Kumar, an Indian national, sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for accounting fraud.

Roberts ultimately pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting China and making false statements to the FBI, and he was sentenced to six years in federal prison and a $ 5,000 fine.

Convicted of felony re-entry and sentenced in 2011 to 46 months in federal prison, he was released in March 2015.

After a highly publicized five - week jury trial that was the most closely watched of a wave of corporate fraud trials, Stewart was found guilty in March 2004 of conspiracy, obstruction of an agency proceeding, and making false statements to federal investigators, and was sentenced in July 2004 to serve a five - month term in a federal correctional facility and a two - year period of supervised release (to include five months of electronic monitoring).

He had already received a sentence of up to 175 years in a different jurisdiction, and was sentenced to a 60 - year federal term for child pornography convictions.

Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein won't get any reduction in his 50 - year federal prison sentence despite arguing he deserved one for cooperating with the feds, who say he lied to them, a judge ruled Monday.

This pastor had already been convicted in a Texas criminal trial and sentenced to three hundred and ninety - some years in prison on top of a federal conviction.