Now sixteen could get you life: statutory rape, meaningful consent, and the implications for federal sentence enhancement
Article Abstract:
Federal sentencing standards which take into account past statutory rape convictions for the purpose of enhancing sentences can be inappropriately harsh. Blanket consideration of all such convictions can result in life sentences for nonviolent criminals under the federal recidivist statute, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. The standards should be altered to allow judges the discretion to consider the factor of the consent of statutory rape victims. Meaningful consent is crucial to differentiating violent crimes from statutory crimes.
Publication Name: New York University Law Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0028-7881
Year: 1998
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Sentence yourself; corporate defendants can affect their own fines, under new guidelines
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The new guidelines promulgated by the US Sentencing Commission, which became law Nov 1, 1991, apply to sentences handed down in 80% of corporate crime cases. Companies can cut fines by as much as 95%, if they blow the whistle on their own internal violations. Aggravating factors increase the amount of fines due and mitigating factors reduce fines. Convicted organizations with more than 50 employees who do not have compliance programs will be put on probation. Compliance programs are stricter for convicted organizations than pre-1991 requirements.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1992
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Study: business booms after tort reform enacted: authors admit other factors may affect productivity
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The Cambridge, MA-based National Bureau of Economics Research, Inc. has released the first paper contributing empirical evidence to the debate over tort reforms. The study suggests that states implementing plaintiff-friendly reforms from 1969 through 1990 saw employment and output decline, while those reducing liability had significant gains. Even the study's authors advise caution, though, and note several other factors that could muddy the results. Critics are highly skeptical, while supporters laud the arrival of any data at all.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1996
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