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Cert Grant: May a District Court Give a Defendant a Longer Sentence to Promote Rehabilitation?

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Such is the question presented in Tapia v. United States, No. 10-5400, in which the Supreme Court granted cert last Friday.  You may be familiar with the scenario presented in Tapia: the district court imposed a 51-month, top-of-the-guidelines sentence in part to ensure that Tapia would remain in prison long enough to be able to participate in BOP's 500-hour drug treatment program. According to

Full post as published by Fifth Circuit Blog on December 14, 2010 (boomark / email).

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