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Monday, January 22, 2007

California sentencing ruling [US SC]
10:19 PM ET

Cunningham v. California, US Supreme Court, January 22, 2006 [striking down as unconstitutional California sentencing rules that allow judges to exercise discretion to tack on additional years to prison sentences beyond thae period determined by a jury]. Read the Court's opinion [PDF] per Justice Ginsburg, along with a dissent [PDF] from Justice Kennedy and another dissent [PDF] from Justice Alito. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.



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