Supreme Court Affirms Discretion in Crack and Other Guideline Cases
U.S. Newswire, December, 2007
To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Monica Pratt Raffanel of Families Against Mandatory Minimums, 1-678-261-8118, media@famm.org
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) applauds the Supreme Courts rulings in two important sentencing decisions handed down today, U.S. v. Kimbrough and Gall v. United States.
At a time when federal crack cocaine sentencing laws are being scrutinized by the public, the U.S. Sentencing Commission and Congress, todays rulings upholding the courts right to exercise sentencing discretion are welcomed, said Mary Price, vice president and general counsel of FAMM, a national organization working for fair and proportionate sentencing laws. Over 15 years of study by the Sentencing Commission and...
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