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An Ex-Judge’s Thoughts On Sentencing Reform

Nancy Gertner, a retired judge and now a professor at Harvard Law. Photo by Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM.

A former federal judge is calling for changes to how other judges think about sentencing, even as they face mandatory minimums and grapple with the sentencing guidelines.