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      "id": 302896,
      "date": "2005-04-05",
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      "title": "Sentencing Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines: An Abridged Controlled Substance Example",
      "summary": "Until recently, the federal Sentencing Guidelines determined the sentences meted out as\npunishment\nfor most federal crimes. Then the Supreme Court declared that as a matter of constitutional necessity\nthe Guidelines must be viewed as advisory rather than mandatory. The Guidelines remain a major\nconsideration nevertheless. The Guidelines system is essentially a scorecard system. The purpose\nof this report is to give a bare bones description of the score-keeping process with a simple example\nof how it works in a drug trafficking case.\n This report is an abridged version -- without footnotes, appendices, or in most instances,\nquotation marks or citations to authority -- of  CRS Report RL32846(pdf) ,  How the Federal Sentencing\nGuidelines Work: Two Examples .",
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  "topics": [
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    "Constitutional Questions"
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