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Judges can sentence defendants for charges they were acquitted of by a jury, a practice that troubles criminal justice advocates, civil liberties groups, and several Supreme Court justices.
Grassley is developing a second criminal justice reform package with Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin
Senators Durbin and Grassley re-introduce "Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act" Back in 2019, I was pleased to be able to blog here about a legialative effort to prohibit judicial reliance on "acquitted conduct" in the federal sentencing system. I am now pleased to now be able to again highlight that Senators Dick Durbin and Chuck Grassley are again the bipartisan sponsors of the latest version of the "Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act." This March 4 press release from Senator Durbin's office provides these details: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), C...