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AAG Breuer's comments about sentencing disparities at ABA white-collar crime event

By Douglas A. Berman

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I had the good fortune to hear in person the remarks by Lanny A. Breuer, Assistant Attorney General for DOJ's Criminal Division, at the American Bar Association National Institute on White Collar Crime in Miami late last week. And now, having finally found the full text of his remarks on-line here, I can spotlight the spotlight he put on white-collar sentencing disparities through these comments: As you may know, the Attorney General established a Sentencing and Corrections Working Group last year to take a fresh look at federal sentencing and charging practices, prisoner re-entry issues, alternatives to incarceration, and unwarranted disparities in federal sentencing. He cares deeply about such issues, as do I. Our goal in this effort is a sentencing and corrections system that protects the public, is fair to both victims and defendants, eliminates unwarranted sentencing disparities, reduces recidivism, and controls the federal prison population...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 01, 2010 (boomark / email).