Not guilty but punished anyway

Not guilty but punished anyway

Although the U.S. Supreme Court approved acquitted-conduct sentencing in 1997, it has flown almost entirely under the public's radar.

Not Guilty but Punished Anyway

When Willonte Yates, Malik Perry, Dayonta McClinton, and three other young men arrived at a CVS on College Avenue in Indianapolis on a Tuesday night in October 2015, they were there to rob the pharmacy at gunpoint. It did not go as planned. McClinton helped guard customers. Yates, who dubbed…