POSTED: Monday, May 2nd, 2011 at 2:02 pm

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

Sentencing Family responsibilities A downward departure pursuant to U.S.S.G. 5H1.6 can only be based on current, not past, caregiving responsibilities. “Runyan’s caregiving claim here was so thin as not to require comment. He emphasizes the extent of his own sacrifice, but ‘[w]hen a defendant presents an argument for a lower sentence based on extraordinary family circumstances, the relevant ...