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Preface. The Military Law Review is designed to provide a medium for those interested in the field of military law to share the product of their experience and research with their fellow lawyers. Articles should be of direct concern and import in this area of scholarship, and preference will be given to those articles having lasting value as reference material for the military lawyer. The Military Law Review does not purport to promulgate Department of the Army policy or...

Legal Reference Publication

Preface. The Military Law Review is designed to provide a niedium for those interested in the field of military law to share the product of their experience and research with their fellow lawyers. Articles should be of direct concern and import in this area of scholarship, and preference will be given to those articles having lasting value as reference material for the military lawyer. The Military Law Review does not purport to proniulgate Department of the Arniy policy...

Legal Reference Publication

Preface. The Military Law Review is designed to produce a medium for those interested in the field of military law to share the product of their experience and research with their fellow lawyers. Articles should be of direct concern and import in this area of scholarship, and preference will be given to those articles having lasting value as reference material for the military lawyer. The Military Law Review does not purport to promulgate Department of the Army policy or...

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Excerpt: America?s experiment with sentencing guidelines has now lasted more than a quarter of a century. Guidelines started locally and expanded to the State and Federal levels; evolved in numerous ways; adapted to changing philosophical currents and political realities; and have been both praised and vilified by politicians, criminal justice practitioners, and academics. One theme has persisted: Guidelines have proven to be more than a fad; they have left a lasting imp...

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Excerpt: Operation Weed and Seed represents an ambitious Federal, State, and local effort to improve the quality of life in targeted high crime areas of America?s cities. First launched by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in 1991, the program attempts to control violent crime, drug trafficking, and drug-related crime and to provide a safe environment for residents to live, work, and raise their families. These are, by themselves, conventional law enforcement goals. W...