Heartstrings or Heartburn: A Federal Judge’s Musings On Defendants’ Right and Rite of Allocution

Heartstrings or Heartburn: A Federal Judge’s Musings On Defendants’ Right and Rite of Allocution Mark W. Bennett March 2011 26 Sentencing is, for me, and I believe most of my colleagues, the most daunting task we perform as federal district court judges. Depriving individuals of their liberty