Congressional Research Service Issues Legal Sidebar White Paper on Use of Acquitted Conduct in Federal Sentencing
July 09, 2024
July 09, 2024
WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11037) on July 5, 2024, by legislative attorney Dave S. Sidhu:
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The U.S. Sentencing Commission Seeks to Limit the Use of Acquitted Conduct in Federal Sentencing
Consider a defendant who is a part of a group that robs a pharmacy. In a dispute about how to divide up the proceeds, one of the robbers kills another in the group. The defendant is c . . .
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The U.S. Sentencing Commission Seeks to Limit the Use of Acquitted Conduct in Federal Sentencing
Consider a defendant who is a part of a group that robs a pharmacy. In a dispute about how to divide up the proceeds, one of the robbers kills another in the group. The defendant is c . . .