Downward departures from the federal sentencing guidelines (in response to section 401(m) of Public Law 108-21)
By: Diana E. Murphy, chair.
Publisher: United States Sentencing Commission
Published: 2003
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- United States.; Judicial discretion -- United States.
Other titles: Report to the Congress : Downward departures from the federal sentencing guidelines
Description: The report responds to the congressional directive on downward departures in the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003, Pub. L. No. 108-21 (the PROTECT Act).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"October 2003"--Cover.
Also available via Internet from the Commission's web site.  Address as of 12/8/03: http://www.ussc.gov/departrpt03/departrpt03.pdf