What is the impact of a disproportionate disproportionality in sentencing for the same criminal offence?
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The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Sanchez-Rodriguez, 161 F.3d 556 (9th Cir. 1998):
Our conclusion is bolstered further by a previous decision of this court in which we held that a similar disproportionality among offenses triggering the same sentencing outcome may warrant a downward departure. In United States v. Reyes, 8 F.3d 1379 (9th Cir.1993), a pre-Koon decision, we reviewed a
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