What are the Federal Sentencing Guidelines?
- Posted by Marcia Shein
- On March 25, 2019
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- Federal Criminal Charges, Federal Sentencing Guidelines
Understanding the Federal Sentencing Guidelines Established in 1984, the Sentencing Reform Act created the United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines. Before this time, federal judges had much more discretion regarding how to sentence people convicted of criminal offenses. Unfortunately, this discretion sometimes led to unequal sentences for the same criminal offense. The sentencing guidelines, however, helped […]
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