Erica MacDonald Addresses Sentencing Guidelines With KSTP-TV

In a news segment for KSTP-TV, business litigation partner Erica MacDonald discussed judges’ discretion to stay within sentencing guidelines or depart from them. MacDonald said, “The guidelines are just that — they’re guidelines. They’re not binding, and in the end, the judge has the discretion to determine what a fair and reasonable sentence is, given the circumstances.”