From Deseret News archives:
Biography: Paul G. Cassell
Confirmed to U.S. District Court: May 13, 2002
Hometown: Orange, Calif.
Age: 45
Legal education: Stanford Law School
Notable Decisions:
June 2004: Cassell declared 15-year-old federal sentencing guidelines unconstitutional in a sexual exploitation case, announcing he would no longer apply them in many cases on his docket.
May 2004: In an unprecedented move, Cassell ordered two criminal defendants to pay hefty amounts of restitution based on the future lost incomes of their victims, one of whom was a 3-month-old baby. The case is under appeal.
June 2003: Cassell determined that a Mexican national charged with illegally re-entering the United States after his May 1999 deportation was not among the class of people subject to Fourth Amendment protections. The case is under appeal.
Expertise:
Past experience:
Law clerk to then-Judge Antonin Scalia, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1984 to 1985; law clerk to former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Warren E. Burger, 1985 to 1986; associate deputy, U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Deputy Attorney General, 1986 to 1988; Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia, 1988 to 1991; professor, University of Utah College of Law, 1992 to present.
Past posts:
President of Stanford Law Review; steering committee member for National Victims Constitutional Amendment Network, dedicated to amending the U.S. Constitution to protect victims rights; Utah Council on Victims member; Utah Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules of Criminal Procedure member.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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