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  2. Acceptance of responsibility - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has held that "lack of remorse" and "acceptance of responsibility" can be separate factors and that a district court may consider each independently of the other. [4] The concept of remorse, within the framework of federal sentencing law, has been described as posing epistemological problems. [5]

  3. United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines - Wikipedia

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    The United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines are rules published by the U.S. Sentencing Commission that set out a uniform policy for sentencing individuals and organizations convicted of felonies and serious (Class A) misdemeanors [1] in the United States federal courts system. The Guidelines do not apply to less serious misdemeanors or ...

  4. United States federal probation and supervised release

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    The life cycle of federal supervision for a defendant. United States federal probation and supervised release are imposed at sentencing. The difference between probation and supervised release is that the former is imposed as a substitute for imprisonment, [1] or in addition to home detention, [2] while the latter is imposed in addition to imprisonment.

  5. Frye standard - Wikipedia

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    In United States law, the Frye standard, Frye test, or general acceptance test is a judicial test used in some U.S. state courts to determine the admissibility of scientific evidence. It provides that expert opinion based on a scientific technique is admissible only when the technique is generally accepted as reliable in the relevant scientific ...

  6. List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Burger Court

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    Acquiescence to federal anti-discrimination regulations through acceptance of federal funds Lynch v. Donnelly: 465 U.S. 668 (1984) Public religious display on private property Calder v. Jones: 465 U.S. 783 (1984) Minimum contacts for personal jurisdiction based on a libelous publication United Building & Construction Trades Council v.

  7. Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Rules of Evidence govern the admission of scientific evidence in a trial held in federal court. They require the trial judge to act as a gatekeeper before admitting the evidence, determining that the evidence is scientifically valid and relevant to the case at hand. Court membership; Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices

  8. Federal Rules of Evidence - Wikipedia

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    On December 1, 2011, the restyled Federal Rules of Evidence became effective. [13] Since the early 2000s, an effort had been underway to restyle the Federal Rules of Evidence as well as other federal court rules (e.g. the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure). According to a statement by the advisory committee that had drafted the restyled rules ...

  9. Federal judiciary of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Article I courts with original jurisdiction over specific subject matter include the bankruptcy courts (for each district court), the Court of Federal Claims, and the Tax Court. Article IV courts include the High Court of American Samoa and territorial courts such as the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands , District Court of ...