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Browsing: Sentencing
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Family members of prisoners on Singapore’s death row, as well as those already executed, are calling on the city-state’s government…
For our viewpoints series, Billy Sinclair argues that while plea agreements, constituting the majority of criminal convictions, are a fundamental aspect of the legal system, they must still align with statutory sentencing requirements. Sinclair discusses the legal framework of plea agreements, focusing on Rule 11(c)(1)(C) and 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), emphasizing that an agreed sentence isn’t an absolute “bargain” and can be challenged for substantive reasonableness in certain federal circuits, contrary to the belief that it can’t be contested just because the defendant received what was bargained for.
One U.S. Attorney described Rudolph Acosta III “one of the most prolific and successful cooperators with our office” in the last decade.