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Mandatory sentencing is Unconstitutional according to SCOTUS

High Court Declares Guidelines On Sentencing Violate Rights

Thanks to un-American Leftists Judges expect a crime spike coming near You!

378 posted on 03/01/2005 8:46:03 AM PST by M 91 u2 K (Kahane was Right!)
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To: M 91 u2 K
Mandatory sentencing is Unconstitutional according to SCOTUS

It's more complicated than that. A crime can have a mandatory minimum sentence. However, a judge is now more free to determine whether a person convicted of a crime deserves to have additonal years added to his sentence.

This ruling does not give judges the power to go under a mandatory minimum sentence.

396 posted on 03/01/2005 8:51:10 AM PST by Modernman ("Normally, I don't listen to women, or doctors." - Captain Hero)
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