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Government

Feb. 9, 2005

ABA Seeks Delay in Sentencing Changes

WASHINGTON - Congress should give federal judges at least a year to work with the advisory sentencing guidelines created last month by the Supreme Court before making changes to federal sentencing law, an American Bar Association task force recommended on Monday.

        WASHINGTON - Congress should give federal judges at least a year to work with the advisory sentencing guidelines created last month by the Supreme Court before making changes to federal sentencing law, an American Bar Association task force recommended on Monday.
        With its Jan. 12. ruling in United States v. Booker, the high court struck down the federal sentencing guideli...

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