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FAMM amicus brief assails life (with parole) sentence for woman who let teen touch breasts

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this press release, which is titled "FAMM Urges Nevada Supreme Court to Reverse Mandatory Life Sentence for Michelle Lyn Taylor," the group Families Against Mandatory Minimums has filed an amicus brief in a notable sentencing case is Nevada Supreme Court. Here is more: FAMM filed the amicus brief in support of Taylor?s appeal to challenge one of the most egregious outcomes of mandatory sentencing that the organization has ever encountered. In April, an Elko County jury convicted Taylor, 34, of lewdness with a minor under 14 for inducing a 13-year-old boy to touch her breast and soliciting him for sex.  Download FAMM's amicus brief [at this link]. While this behavior certainly deserves punishment, Taylor would have received a lesser sentence if she had murdered (25 to 50 years) or kidnapped (2 to 15 years) the boy...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on October 31, 2010 (boomark / email).