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"Nightmare of federal sentencing guidelines"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this new commentary by Bob Barr in the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Here are a few excerpts which highlight how Barr uses a recent high-profile white-collar sentencing to make his points about federal sentencing laws and practices: Last week I was in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where I attended a hearing in federal court at which a 50-year old man was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison ?- in effect, a life sentence. The defendant, Sholom Rubashkin, is not a murderer, serial rapist or child molester; he is not a drug king pin and he did not bilk hundreds of innocent investors out of billions of dollars. Rubashkin is a first-time offender who was convicted late last year of a number of white-collar offenses stemming from his management of a large kosher slaughterhouse and meat packing plant...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 28, 2010 (boomark / email).