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First Peoples, First Principles: The Sentencing Commission's Obligation To Reject False Images Of Criminal Offenders, Nora V. Demleitner
First Peoples, First Principles: The Sentencing Commission's Obligation To Reject False Images Of Criminal Offenders, Nora V. Demleitner
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Driven by public concern about sex offenses, in recent years Congress has repeatedly enhanced the penalties for federal sex offenders. In doing so, it has responded to the predominant portrayal of sex offenders as inhuman predators, and heeded the demand of victims rights groups for longer sentences. However, it has failed to consider the special make-up of the sex offender population sentenced in federal court. While only a small number of all sex offenders are sentenced in federal court, over half of them are Native Americans. The culpability and future risk of many Native American sex offenders, however, differs dramatically …