Two brothers facing 30 years to life under federal sentencing guidelines for their roles in a securities fraud scheme received five-year sentences Thursday. In departing downward from the minimum recommended sentence by 25 years, a New York federal judge issued a 21-page opinion -- the longest sentencing memorandum of the senior judge's career -- which criticized the guidelines' "fetish with absolute arithmetic."
August 15, 2008 at 12:00 AM
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Two brothers facing 30 years to life under federal sentencing guidelines for their roles in a securities fraud scheme received five-year sentences Thursday.
In departing downward from the minimum recommended sentence by 25 years, Eastern District of New York Judge Frederic Block issued a 21-page opinion — the longest sentencing memorandum of the senior judge’s career — highly critical of the guidelines’ “fetish with absolute arithmetic.”
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