MEMORANDUM
VINCENT L. BRODERICK, District Judge.
I
This case presents the question of whether non-narcotic rehabilitation prospects may be the basis for a downward departure from the United States Sentencing Guidelines in an appropriate case where chances of rehabilitation without imprisonment are good but with imprisonment are minimal or nonexistent. I answer the question in the affirmative.
II
Congress has directed that in addition...
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