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Sentencing Guidelines Amendment Prevents Judges From Considering Acquitted Conduct at Sentencing

Since the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Watts, 19 US 148 (1997), judges have been permitted to consider acquitted conduct when calculating a defendant’s sentencing guidelines range and determining their...more

Sentencing Guidelines Amendment Would Preclude Acquitted Conduct from Being Used at Sentencing

In what may come as a surprise to many, lawmakers across the political spectrum actually agree on at least one thing: the practice of sentencing federal defendants based on acquitted conduct has gone on long enough. Last...more

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