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High Court Slams [Federal] Sentencing Rules
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| Contributor | PragCon 3.0 |
| Last Edited | PragCon 3.0 Jan 12, 2005 01:05pm |
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| Category | News |
| Media | TV News - Columbia Broadcasting System CBS News |
| News Date | Wednesday, January 12, 2005 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that federal judges have been improperly adding time to criminals' sentences, a decision that puts in doubt longtime sentencing rules.
The court, on a 5-4 vote, said that its ruling last June that juries — not judges — should consider factors that can add years to defendants' prison sentences applies as well to the 17-year-old federal guideline system.
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