Sentencing High-Loss Corporate Insider Frauds After Booker

Bowman, Frank O.

doi:10.1525/fsr.2008.20.3.167

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“…In Gall, the Court stated that judges should consider the guidelines a "starting point" or "benchmark" from which to render a sentence (552 US 38, 2007, p. 596) and deviations must be "sufficiently compelling" (552 US 38, 2007, p. 597). In Kimbrough (552 US 85, 2007, the court ruled that a judge's justification for departing from a guideline sentence may be based on a disagreement with sentencing commission policy (Bowman, 2008).…”

Section: Federal Sentencing Guidelinesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Defending the Homeland: Judicial Sentencing Practices for Federal Immigration Offenses

Hartley¹,

Tillyer²

2011

Justice Quarterly

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In the last decade, immigration prosecutions in federal court have increased 165%, with immigration offenses comprising over 28% of the federal criminal caseload in 2008. Despite this increase, research has yet to fully examine the sentencing outcomes for these offenders. Exploration of sentencing outcomes for immigration offenders is particularly salient due to the racial/ethnic composition of these defendants and the documented history of disparate treatment of minorities at this decision point. To explicate these issues, we examine the sentence length of immigration cases to assess the impact of legal, extra-legal, and case-processing factors. We further disaggregate by offense type to explore if correlates of sentencing are consistent across specific categories of immigration violations. Finally, we examine southwestern border districts, which process over 70% of all cases, to assess their specific sentencing practices. Model results, theoretical implications, and avenues for future research are also discussed.

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Section: Federal Sentencing Guidelinesmentioning

confidence: 99%