Legal Opinion
United States v. Green
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided June 18, 2004No. CR. A. 02-10054-WGY, CR.A. 01-10469-WGY, CR.A. 99-10066-WGYPublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SENTENCING MEMORANDA
YOUNG, Chief Judge.
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Lord Acton 3
If you put all the powers to prosecute, try, and execute a sentence in one person’s hands, that is the absolute antithesis of the checks and balances in the system of government that we have.
Lt. Cmdr. Charles Swift, U.S. Navy 4
INTRODUCTION
Here’s a not-so-hypothetical conversation between an eager and enthusiastic district judge and an experienced and reflective circuit judge.
District Judge: What would you think of a system that afforded those accused of crimes scrupulously fair…
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- Almendarez-Torres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
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3Cited by39 opinions
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- United States v. PachecoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2006
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