United States v. Joseph R. Powers (98-3026) Lamarr Terrance Wiggins (98-3042)

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• noting that the safety valve was enacted to provide an “escape from mandatory minimum sentences for first-time offenders whose information given to the government does not turn out to amount to ‘substantial assistance’”

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