A Remedy but Not a Cure: Evaluating the Status of the Booker Remedial Holding

46 Pages Posted: 30 Apr 2019

Date Written: December 21, 2018

Abstract

This Note argues that the discretionary character of the United States Sentencing Guidelines, although necessary for the constitutionality of our sentencing scheme, has gone undefined by the Court and academics and has been eroded by recent decisions.

Keywords: sentencing, Booker, Sixth Amendment, discretion

Suggested Citation

Woods, Brendan, A Remedy but Not a Cure: Evaluating the Status of the Booker Remedial Holding (December 21, 2018). Virginia Law Review, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3346588

Brendan Woods (Contact Author)

Independent ( email )

United States

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