Associated Press
Sentencing changes sought for business crimes ("The
federal panel that sets sentencing policy eased penalties this year for
potentially tens of thousands of drug dealers. Now, defense lawyers and
prisoner advocates are pushing for similar treatment for an arguably
less-sympathetic category of defendants: swindlers, embezzlers, insider traders
and other white-collar criminals....Washington lawyer Barry Pollack, an officer
of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, said while the
commission could let the guidelines stand, he hopes for some movement. 'I think
the real question is will they take the lesser and easier step of simply
reducing sentences across the board, or will they use this as an opportunity to
revisit the entire philosophy behind the white-collar sentencing guidelines,'
he said. 'I think only time will tell on that.'")
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