Five Towns Jewish Times
It is clear to anyone who read Judge Reade’s fifty page sentencing memorandum that she is aware that she needs to explain herself. This is perhaps why she released the instant sentencing memorandum a day earlier. Judge Reade does, in fact, attempt to explain herself stating that there are sentencing guidelines that need to be followed, and that there is a system here that works with something called “Offense Level Points.”
The question is whether or not Judge Reade could have exercised more leeway in her sentencing memorandum to give Mr. Rubashkin a less draconian sentence. For federal prison sentences, let us recall, there is no parole. These figures are real and quite, quite painful. Also, after a while, people tend to forget about those who languish in federal prisons [....]
It is clear to anyone who read Judge Reade’s fifty page sentencing memorandum that she is aware that she needs to explain herself. This is perhaps why she released the instant sentencing memorandum a day earlier. Judge Reade does, in fact, attempt to explain herself stating that there are sentencing guidelines that need to be followed, and that there is a system here that works with something called “Offense Level Points.”
The question is whether or not Judge Reade could have exercised more leeway in her sentencing memorandum to give Mr. Rubashkin a less draconian sentence. For federal prison sentences, let us recall, there is no parole. These figures are real and quite, quite painful. Also, after a while, people tend to forget about those who languish in federal prisons [....]