But federal judges often rely heavily on the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines when they determine penalties, and in the case of animal fighting, those guidelines are outdated and extremely inadequate.

但联邦法官在决定刑罚时，往往严重依赖美国的量刑指南，而这些指南对于动物打斗案件来说已经过时，而且极其不完善。