United States v. Mathurin’s Empirical Analysis
868 F.3d 921 · 2017
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3162 (§ 101 of the Speedy Trial Act of 1974) · 18 U.S.C. § 3288 · 18 U.S.C. § 3585 · 18 U.S.C. § 3624 · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on North Carolina v. Pearce · Alabama v. Smith · Dowling v. United States · Graham v. Florida · Graham v. Florida
Most-quoted passages
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“[This] approach does raise some questions, including whether it would be constitutional to rely on a person's race in determining how long a sentence to impose on that individual. By Defendant's reasoning, and based on the mortality table he cited in the district court, Hispanics should receive longer sentences than either whites or blacks solely because they generally live longer, and Hispanic females should receive the longest sentences of all due to their longer average life expectancy.... Further, mortality tables shed no light on whether it is one's membership in a certain racial or ethnic population that, as a biological matter, determines life expectancy or whether instead it is the social, economic, medical, and cultural factors associated with a particular ethnic identity that primarily determine how long an individual can be expected to live.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“good-time credits provide a potent rehabilitative incentive for juvenile offenders subject to lengthy sentences, which, according to the Supreme Court's rationale in Graham is an important objective. ... Similar to parole, the ability to earn good-time credits ... [gives] the juvenile offender a reason to pursue and exhibit 'maturity and rehabilitation.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“Judges ... should not resort to general life expectancy tables when they determine the overall length of a sentence. Those tables rest upon informed estimates, not firm dates, and the use of factors like race, gender, and income could raise constitutional issues.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
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