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Alice Marie Johnson

Women and Crime

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The Importance of Mandatory Sentence

The judge's hands were bound by mandatory sentencing because this was a federal case. In 2006, the case, USV Booker essentially eliminated the mandatory component of sentencing guidelines and made them advisory. So what happens now is judges can consult with the guidelines, but they can depart from them. And that was a huge thing that happened right after I left US probation. But at that time, the judge could not have done anything about it.

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