The development of the federal sentencing guidelines  played an important role in shaping America’s criminal legal system. In 1984, Congress passed the Sentencing Reform Act  which established the U.S. Sentencing Commission. The Sentencing Commission’s primary purpose was to reduce disparities in federal sentencing. To address these disparities, the Commission would ask judges to consider a variety of factors  in their rulings including the nature of the offense committed, th

There are many major cities within the United States that signal alarmingly high rates of human trafficking, but the city of Atlanta, Georgia has been designated as a major trafficking hub for more than twenty years now.  Atlanta is a major transportation hub for trafficking young girls from Mexico and is one of the top three U.S. cities with the highest levels of child sex trafficking. Atlanta has had the nation’s largest sex trade between 2003 and 2007 – generating $290 mil