United States v. Kandirakis

SENTENCING MEMORANDUM

YOUNG, District Judge.

“What is overlooked in post -Booker discussions is the fact that, for seventeen years, federal courts had been sentencing offenders unconstitutionally.” 1

For seventeen years federal courts had been sentencing offenders unconstitutionally. Think about that. The human cost is incalculable' — thousands of Americans languish in prison under sentences that today are unconstitutional. The institu tional costs are equally enormous — for seventeen years the American jury was disparaged and disregarded in derogation of its constitutional function; a…