The Bondi Sentencing Memorandum Has Important Implications in the Criminal Prosecution of Boeing

Volokh: New Administration's approach to criminal sentencing should lead to a more transparent plea agreement with Boeing .

He says the new Administration now requires prosecutors to disclose all relevant facts to the sentencing judge.

The families want Boeing held fully accountable for the harms stemming from its federal crime of defrauding the FAA about the safety of the 737 MAX .

Attorney General Bondi reiterated the principles of the Bove Memorandum in her own Memorandum .

Sentencing requires complete candor with the court, the defendant, the probation office, and the public.

Bondi (and Bove ) Memoranda restore an important principle in federal criminal sentencing: truth in sentencing.