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Hold the defendants accountable in light of the evidence and the information that was presented to me. in 100% of the cases, was the evidence less than what the prosecutors asked for? senator, the evidence in these cases are egregious. the evidence is among the worst that have seen. and yet, as congress directs, judges don t just calculate the guidelines and stop. judges have to take into account the personal circumstancesdant requirement of congress. judges have to consider things talking about making sure that victims circumstances are heard, it was about my sentencing practices that i victims being heard with respect. thank you, mr. chairman. in 2012, the sentencing ....
0 activism and advocacy as it concerns sexual predators that stems back decades and that is concerning. you wrote your note on the harvard law review on sex crimes. your note is your major academic work on the law review prevention versus punishment toward a principled distinction in the restraint in it you argue and i quote a recent spate of legislation reports to release sex offenders by requiring them to notify local law enforcement and submit to civil commitment for indefinite term. many say it violates the rights of individuals that have been sanctioned for their crimes. the contusionalty of sex offender statutes depends on their characterization as essentially preventsive rather than punitive. you explain if they re viewed an punitive, they re unconstitutional. if they re preventative, they are not. throughout the course of your note, you argue they should be viewed as punitive and therefore unconstitutional. indeed in the second to last page you go through each of those for ca ....