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"Federal Judge Refutes Justice Department's Criticism Over Sentencing"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this effective new article in today's New York Law Journal, which reports on an important recent sentencing opinion by Eastern District Judge (and former US Attorney) John Gleeson.  Here are excerpts from the NYLJ piece (along with a link to the opinion): A federal judge in Brooklyn has rebutted the criticism by a top Department of Justice official that many federal judges have "lost" their "moorings to the sentencing guidelines" in major fraud cases. The attack on a "regime" of judges who impose fraud sentences "inconsistently and without regard to the federal sentencing guidelines" appeared in a letter sent in June by Jonathan J. Wroblewski, the director of the Office of Policy and Legislation to the chief of the U...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on October 20, 2010 (boomark / email).