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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Rossman finds that the lower court properly sentenced defendant on two counts of deprivation of rights for mistreating detainees while working as a correctional officer. He claims his sentence is unreasonable and that the lower court should have granted him a downward sentencing variance because of his community ties and lack of criminal record. While the lower court had the discretion to do so, it also had the discretion to decline the downward variance. Affirmed.
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