Criminal
Nov. 23, 2021
Selective statistical analysis may promote longer federal sentences
Using selected data points, a new system created by the United States Sentencing Commission allows judges to compare sentences for other individuals defendants sentenced throughout the country.
John Hanusz
Attorney
Hanusz Law PC
Email: john@hanuszlaw.com
John is a veteran defense trial lawyer who has more than 20 years of experience representing individuals in complex, high-stakes criminal and related cases.
In the 1987 case McCleskey v. Kemp, the U.S. Supreme Court was confronted with damning statistics demonstrating clear and unmistakable racial bias in the application of the death penalty in Georgia. But rather than accept the reality of that bias -- and the wide-ranging implications for the administration of justice in America -- a five-justice majority rejected Warren McCleskey's use of statistics to compare similar cases and those show th...
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