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This article contends that the principal deficiency of the United States Sentencing Guidelines is that they are too harsh. The author argues that, by making the Guidelines advisory instead of mandatory, Booker enabled judges to alleviate this problem and that it therefore served an enormously important purpose. The article, however, laments that judges have not taken sufficient advantage of Booker and have continued to impose too many sentences at or near the Guidelines’ range.