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Tens of Thousands of Sentencing Decisions Are Hidden Within PACER, Hindering Access by Lawyers and Defendants

Loaded on Oct. 15, 2019 by Dale Chappell published in Criminal Legal News November, 2019, page 16
Filed under: Court Access, Legal Materials, Sentencing. Location: United States of America.

by Dale Chappell

Thanks to technology, judges’ decisions in the thousands of sentences they impose each year get isolated in an unsearchable database called PACER — Public Access to Court Electronic Records. While the public may be able to access a judge’s sentencing decision on PACER, they can …

 

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