The Yale Law Journal

Daniel Richman

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Federal Sentencing in 2007: The Center Holds—The Supreme Court Doesn't

Daniel Richman

117 Yale L.J. 1374 (2008).

This essay takes stock of federal sentencing after 2007, the year of the periphery. On Capitol Hill, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resigned in the face of widespread criticism over his role in the replacement of several U.S. Attorneys. In the Supreme Court, the trio o…