This document is a page from a legal transcript or ruling, filed on August 22, 2022. A judge is overruling an objection from the defense concerning a sentencing enhancement for a defendant convicted of a sex crime. The judge asserts that the clear text of the Sentencing Guidelines is unambiguous and binding, and cannot be overridden by background commentary from the Sentencing Commission or scattered legislative history, which the judge deems unreliable.
This legal document, part of a court filing, argues for a significant prison sentence (360 to 660 months) for a defendant convicted of sexually exploiting underage girls. It refutes the defendant's arguments for a lighter sentence by citing legal precedents (Stinson, Sash) that prioritize the plain text of sentencing guidelines over conflicting commentary. A footnote dismisses the defendant's comparison of her potential sentence to that of Epstein's as a flawed argument based on different guideline structures.
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