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Oftentimes, contaminated soil is taken to nonhazardous landfills in neighboring states that rely on the more lenient federal standards.

"I have seen it suggested that the guideline instructs sentencers to impose a more lenient sentence on those from ethnic minorities than white offenders," he said.

Maybe they are thinking the punishment being a bit more lenient may get things going.

"I sell a lot of schoolwear to England and Wales and they are slightly more lenient there in relation to unbranded clothing," he said.

And in May, a judge ruled that Calocane's sentence was not unduly lenient.