Abstract
I. A LONG TIME AGO . . . 1 II. SENTENCING WARS 5 A. The Guidelines Menace 7 B. Attack of the Prosecutors 14 C. Revenge of the DOJ 19 D. A New Hope 21 E. The Executive Strikes Back 27 F. Return of the Juries 31 III. THE SAGA CONTINUES 35 IV. THE GUIDELINES’ LEGACY: SENTENCING BY INQUISITION 41 A. The High Price of Trials 42 B. Rewards for “Cooperating-Witness” Testimony 51 C. Inquisitorial Fact-Finding 56 1. The Presentence Investigation and Report 60 2. The Guidelines Calculation 67 3. The Recommended Sentence 71 V. RESTORING ADVERSARIAL SENTENCING 75