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Extended examination of ugliness of acquitted conduct enhancement

By Douglas A. Berman

The Washington Times has this lengthy piece examining the use of acquitted conduct to enhance federal sentences in a high-profile DC case.  The article is headlined, "A $600 drug deal, 40 years in prison: Acquitted of murder, convicted of drug deal, Antwuan Ball faces a decades-long sentence," and here are snippets:Jurors acquitted Ball in November 2007 on every count of a massive racketeering, drug conspiracy and murder indictment except a $600, half-ounce, hand-to-hand crack-cocaine deal in Southeast Washington seven years ago. Perhaps thinking his freedom was at hand, Ball cried when the verdicts were read. Indeed, under federal guidelines, he could expect to be released within a few years. However, federal prosecutors are asking U...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 29, 2008 (boomark / email).