Archive for August 6th, 2007
Looking Ahead to Kimbrough v. US
0 Comments Published by Kedar August 6th, 2007 in Sentencing, Supreme Court, Upcoming Arguments, Constitutional LawOn October 2, 2007, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Kimbrough v. US. Kimbrough centers around the 1986 federal law that imposes a “100:1 crack/powder ratio.” Under the law, a defendant caught with one amount of crack (rock) should receive a sentence similar to that of a defendant who was caught with a […]
