Sentencing
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18 U.S. Code § 3553[1] provides factors that federal judges must consider when imposing a sentence on a convicted defendant.
Federal Sentencing Guidelines
The Federal Sentencing Guidelines were created by the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984; these Guidelines took effect in 1987.
Moreover, the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 created the United States Sentencing Commission.
In United States v. Booker (2005), the Supreme Court declared that the mandatory sentencing guidelines were unconstitutional.
