The Sentencing Reform Act, passed in 1984, created the U.S. Sentencing Commission to promulgate sentencing guidelines that would promote a fundamental principle nationwide: Similarly situated individuals should be treated similarly regardless of who is imposing the sentence. In this article for Law360, Alan Ellis and Mark Allenbaugh assess how well the guidelines have achieved their goal and discuss a significant blind spot that the guidelines have yet to address.
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By Alan Ellis