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File Name | S22-Policy-NCFCA-39-NEG-AcquittedConduct.docx |
File Size | 173.87 KB |
Date added | January 24, 2022 |
Category | Policy (NCFCA) |
Author | Vance Trefethen |
Resolved: The United States Federal Government should significantly reform its policies regarding convicted prisoners under federal jurisdiction
Case Summary: The AFF plan passes S601, a bill currently pending in Congress. It would stop federal court judges from considering, when sentencing a convicted offender, other charges of which the now-convicted offender was acquitted. It appears that sometimes judges may think that the other acquittal was wrong, but since they can’t punish someone for a crime they were acquitted of, the judge instead adds on more punishment to the crime for which they were convicted. This brief shows why this is not really a problem and why consideration of conduct even in acquitted cases is relevant to justly sentencing an offender.