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      "id": 302894,
      "date": "2005-04-04",
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      "title": "How the Federal Sentencing Guidelines Work: Two Examples",
      "summary": "Until recently, the federal Sentencing Guidelines determine the sentences imposed as punishment\nfor most federal crimes. They are now only advisory, but remain a major sentencing consideration. \nThe guidelines system is essentially a scorecard system. This is a discussion of how the system\nworks using two relatively simple examples -- one involving a terrorism-related crime and the other\ninvolving drug trafficking -- and following this roadmap:\n \n I. Identify the applicable guideline which sets the base offense level for the crime(s) of\nconviction\n(i.e., the level assigned based on the nature of the offense):\n  A. Add levels to account for the presence of any aggravating factors indicated\nin the guideline. \n  B. Subtract levels to account for any mitigating factors designated in the\nguideline.\n  \n II. Adjust (levels added and subtracted) for:\n  A. Victim-related \n  B. Role in the offense \n  C. Obstruction \n  D. Multiple counts \n  E. Acceptance of responsibility. \n \n III. Find the criminal history category (assign points for criminal record).\n \n IV. Consider career offender alternative (required in some cases).\n \n V. Consider whether departures are appropriate.\n   VI. Convert using sentencing table (final offense level points/criminal history points =\nsentencing\nrange).\n  A. Imprisonment \n  B. Probation \n  C. Supervised release \n  D. Restitution \n  E. Fine \n  F. Forfeiture \n  G. Special assessments. \n \n Abridged versions of portions of this report -- without its footnotes, appendices, or most of its\nquotations and citations to authority -- are available as  CRS Report RS22104(pdf) ,  Sentencing Under\nthe\nFederal Sentencing Guidelines: An Abridged Controlled Substance Example , and  CRS Report RS22105(pdf) ,  Sentencing Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines: An Abridged Terrorism Related\nExample .",
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