United States v. Bailey

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

KOPF, District Judge.

Most of the time, we should sentence a person without regard to the pain and damage our sentence will inevitably inflict upon his or her children. The exceptions to this rule are few and far between. Indeed, when I first skimmed the motion to depart under U.S.S.G. § 5K2.0 1 in this case, my reaction was quick and visceral: “Are you kidding me?” The Assistant Federal Public Defender asked me to impose a non-prison sentence on Bailey, a fellow who possessed child pornography, in order to save the defendant’s little girl. No way, I thought, hell will…