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33 U.S.C. § 395 — Limit of sentence
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This law caps punishment in certain trials where U.S. law allows both jail and fines. The court cannot sentence someone to more than one year in jail. The court also cannot fine someone more than $500, though it can impose both penalties together.
In cases where U.S. law allows both imprisonment and a fine as punishment, the court cannot sentence a person convicted at trial to more than these limits: imprisonment in jail for one year, or a fine of more than $500. The court has discretion to impose either penalty, or both together, but neither one can exceed these caps.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
It shall not be lawful for the court to sentence any person convicted in such trial to any greater punishment than imprisonment in jail for one year, or to a fine exceeding $500, or both, in its discretion, in those cases where the laws of the United States authorize such imprisonment and fine.
Source credit: (R.S. § 4304.)
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