The sentencing of 73-year-old Dwight Hammond and his son 46-year-old Steven Hammond is the reason for the peaceful protest at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon.
This case demonstrates the practical impossibility of challenging harsh mandatory lowest sentences as violations of the Eighth Amendment’s ban on “cruel and unusual punishments.” It highlights the gap between what is right and what is legal; a gap that occasionally inspires judges to render decisions of fairness. A federal judge rejected federal mandatory minimums for Dwight and Steven Hammond as unconstitutional, however an appeals court disagreed. Viewing that sentencing “penalty as clearly unjust given the facts of the case, U.S. District Judge Michael Hogan instead imposed a three-month sentence on Dwight Hammond, who was convicted of one count, and two concurrent one-year sentences on Steven Hammond, who was convicted of two counts. Those terms were within the ranges recommended by federal sentencing guidelines that would have applied but for the statutory minimum, which Hogan rejected as inconsistent with the Eighth Amendment.”
A similar case is mentioned here. In this unjust case, the defendant was handed down very harsh sentences. These sentences have led to direct and indirect dire circumstances. The officials making the decisions have refused to listen to fair and objective reasoning. Please help this wrongly accused to obtain true justice, which our founding fathers instituted. Learn more, donate, and invest via the following link https://www.invest4justice.com/campaigns/family-law-legal-malpractice-lawsuits-returns-of-up-to-5-00-usd-per-1-usd-funded-2/
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https://reason.com/blog/2016/01/04/rancher-arson-case-that-inspired-oregon
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