On the recordMarch 20, 2013
It would allow the courts to sentence federal offenders below the mandatory minimum whenever that minimum term does not fulfill the goals of punishment established by Congress in 18 U.S.C. 3553(a).
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Leahy explained the flexibility the bill would provide to judges in sentencing.
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