upward departure

In the federal sentencing guidelines, a court’s imposition of a sentence harsher than the standard guidelines propose, as when the court concludes that a criminal’s history did not take into account additional offenses committed while the prisoner was out on bail. [Cases: Sentencing and Punishment 814. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 1479, 1526.]

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译者陈鹏，毕业于一所培养高级翻译以及跨文化事务专家的精英大学，擅长翻译各种与诉讼及争议解决相关的法律文件。