Sentencing Guidelines Were Designed to Rein in Excessive Judicial Sentencing

question 59

Essay

Sentencing guidelines were designed to rein in excessive judicial sentencing discretion. Why did the Supreme Court make the federal guidelines advisory only? Why is this problematic?

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