Mandatory sentencing guidelines have become as complicated and detailed as the IRS code!

I took the position from day one that it was the right decree, that the modifications I made to the decree were proper, that the correct outcome had been obtained, and that in due time all of that would become apparent. And it has become apparent.

When you talk about mandatory minimums, it created a lot of unfairness in our sentencing.

Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.

Defendants are being evaluated based on numerical grid without any aggravating circumstances being considered. The effect has been to transfer the disparity from the judge to the prosecutor allowing for a great deal of leeway on indictments.

I don't want to be influenced by outside opinion.