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  "full_text": "Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document 14 Filed 07/15/19 Page 5 of 18\nSORA HEARING page 4\nyear old, he was an adult obviously, he was a Marine, a 17\nyear old came up to him and one thing lead to another and he\nhad sex with her and the People would not agree to a\ndownward modification on that.\nSo I am a little overwhelmed here because I see --\nI mean I read everything here, I am just a little\noverwhelmed that the People are making this application.\nI could cite many many, I have done many SORAs\nmuch less troubling than this one where the People would\nnever make a downward argument like this.\nMS. GAFFNEY: I agree with Your Honor, it is\nincredibly unusual for us to make a downward argument. But\nthe problem is the one thing that we have from the board is\nit seems to be in contradiction to their own guidelines\nwhich if something was not indicted, you are not supposed to\nrely on it.\nTHE COURT: They obviously took that into\nconsideration.\nMS. GAFFNEY: And I tried to reach -- I reached\nthe authorities in Florida to try to see if they had all the\ninterview notes or other things that we can then\nsubsequently rely on that might be considered clear and\nconvincing evidence, if they had interviewed these women on\ntheir own, and they never did. No one was cooperative and\nthey did not go forward on any of the cases and none of them\nVikki J. Benkel\nSenior Court Reporter\nDOJ-OGR-00000370",
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      "content": "year old, he was an adult obviously, he was a Marine, a 17\nyear old came up to him and one thing lead to another and he\nhad sex with her and the People would not agree to a\ndownward modification on that.\nSo I am a little overwhelmed here because I see --\nI mean I read everything here, I am just a little\noverwhelmed that the People are making this application.\nI could cite many many, I have done many SORAs\nmuch less troubling than this one where the People would\nnever make a downward argument like this.\nMS. GAFFNEY: I agree with Your Honor, it is\nincredibly unusual for us to make a downward argument. But\nthe problem is the one thing that we have from the board is\nit seems to be in contradiction to their own guidelines\nwhich if something was not indicted, you are not supposed to\nrely on it.\nTHE COURT: They obviously took that into\nconsideration.\nMS. GAFFNEY: And I tried to reach -- I reached\nthe authorities in Florida to try to see if they had all the\ninterview notes or other things that we can then\nsubsequently rely on that might be considered clear and\nconvincing evidence, if they had interviewed these women on\ntheir own, and they never did. No one was cooperative and\nthey did not go forward on any of the cases and none of them",
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