The daily post-Booker sentencing anecdote round-up

In what is now becoming something of a daily feature (prior installments are here and here and here), below are brief reports and links to newspaper stories about post-Booker federal sentencings:

• This story from Montana reports on a child pornography case in which Chief US District Judge Donald Molloy imposed a sentence of 97 months’ imprisonment, which apparently was within the applicable guideline range.

• This story from Kansas City reports on two lengthy prison sentences in serious racketeering case (although the guidelines’ recommendations are not indicated).

In related news, this AP story from the past week discusses the struggles of judges as they sort out the meaning of Booker and all the post-Booker cases. This similar piece from Indiana provides a local look at the same issues.