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"Main Threat to Burress Is a Sentencing Law"

By Douglas A. Berman

Today's must-read is this terrific piece by Michael Schmidt in the New York Times that provides some of the back story on the mandatory minimum sentencing law that may make it very hard for Plaxico Burress to avoid jail time in the state pen for his (seemingly minor?) gun possession crime.  Here are snippets from a piece that all sentencing fans should read in full: [P]erhaps more important than the question of whether Burress ever plays for the Giants again is the question of whether his future will include time in prison. [L]egislation ... signed into law in November 2006 by then-Governor George E. Pataki ... eliminated a provision that gave judges the option of not imposing jail time on people found guilty of illegally possessing a loaded firearm...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on December 03, 2008 (boomark / email).