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U.S. v. DOSSIE

No. 11-CR-237 (JG).

851 F.Supp.2d 478 (2012)

UNITED STATES of America v. Jamel DOSSIE, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

March 30, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zainab Ahmad , United States Attorneys Office, Brooklyn, NY, for United States of America.

Murray Singer , Murray E. Singer, Esq. , Port Washington, NY, for Jamel Dossie.

STATEMENT OF REASONS

JOHN GLEESON, District Judge:

This case illustrates how mandatory minimum sentences in drug cases distort the sentencing process and mandate unjust sentences. In the substantial percentage of cases in which they apply, they produce a sentencing regime that is worse than the one the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 was enacted to replace. They make opaque what that law was intended to make transparent. They strip criminal defendants...

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