Title: Downward departures from the federal sentencing guidelines (in response to section 401(m) of Public Law 108-21)
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).
Subjects: Judicial discretion, Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Places: United States