"Mandatory sentencing slashes crime," writes Bruce Fein. "The multiple decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Booker (Jan. 12, 2005) obtusely upended mandatory Federal Sentencing Guidelines in the name of honoring both the Sixth Amendment right to jury trial and congressional intent in enacting the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (SRA). Congress should race to restore federal mandatory sentences, but with juries finding facts that would determine the severity of punishment"
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