This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Criminal

Jan. 14, 2005

Court Confuses Sentencing Debate, All Agree

The clearest consensus that emerged in the hours after the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated portions of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and made the rest advisory was that the court had done an exemplary job of adding layers of confusion to an already vexing debate.

By John Ryan
and Peter Blumberg
Daily Journal Staff Writers
        The clearest consensus that emerged in the hours after the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated portions of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and made the rest advisory was that the court had do...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up