United_States_v._Gementera

<i>United States v. Gementera</i>

United States v. Gementera

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United States v. Gementera, 379 F.3d 596 (9th Cir. 2004),[1] was a case decided by the 9th Circuit that held that a judge had the statutory authority to impose a sentence for mail theft that involved public reintegrative shaming because the punishment was reasonably related to the statutory objective of rehabilitation. The punishment required that the thief wear a sandwich board sign stating, "I stole mail; this is my punishment", while standing for eight hours outside of a San Francisco postal facility.[2][3]

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The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse at the corner of 7th and Mission Street in San Francisco.

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  1. [1]
    United States v. Gementera, 379 F.3d 596 (9th Cir. 2004).
  2. [2]
    Gementera, 379 F.3d at 599.
  3. [3]
    Dressler, J. Understanding Criminal Law, Fifth Edition. Matthew Bender & Company, Inc. Newark, NJ: 2009, p. 24


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