White-collar criminals will find it much more difficult to avoid prison now that the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has declared that a sentence of probation and house arrest for a confessed tax cheat was not “reasonable” despite his extensive charity work. The appellate judges’ disagreement illustrates the difficulties lower courts are facing in sorting out how to apply the federal sentencing guidelines now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled they are merely advisory.
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