Court rules on Sentencing Guidelines

The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a federal criminal sentence within the Guidelines may be presumed to be reasonable when the case is on appeal. However, it said that such a presumption is not binding.. Although the Court was divided in some respects, the vote on the result was 8-1 with only Justice David H. Souter dissenting in Rita v. U.S. (06-5754). Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Jun 21, 2007 - 12:14 PM PDT
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