Why is it important to raise family circumstances in federal court sentencing proceedings? White collar criminal defense attorney Dulce Foster joins host Michael Holland to tackle that question. She discusses the post-Booker consideration of parent-child relationships as a basis for a downward variance from federal sentencing guidelines and outlines key cases.
Further reading: CIC’s federal sentencing materials.
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