Is a federal court bound by statute to determine the sentencing of a criminal defendant based on a state's sentencing policy?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Thomas v. Arnold, Case No.: 3:16-cv-02986-WQH-NLS (S.D. Cal. 2018):
State legislatures are free to enact policy choices in their sentencing schemes. Ewing v. California, 538 U.S. 11, 25 (2003) ("Selecting the sentencing rationales is generally a policy choice to be made by state legislatures, not federal courts.") Recently,
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