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Substantial Assistance: An Empirical Yardstick Gauging Equity in Current Federal Policy and Practice

Document Date: January 1, 1998
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A report by the U.S. Sentencing Commission analyzing the practice of substantial assistance under which prison sentences are decreased for offenders who assist in the investigation or prosecution of another crime, such as an informant.

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