With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". conduct. Finally, he complains that the district court did not adequately consider the Bureau of Prisons’ findings that he did not demonstrate the characteristics of a pedophile. Raplinger concedes that he was convicted of two additional federal crimes that Rich was not, and that Rich’s sentence of 210 months followed a guilty plea. The record reveals that the district court fulfilled its obligation to consider all of the factors under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). Ra-plinger’s total offense level was 51, but the district court noted that the Guidelines limited his total offense level to 43. See USSG Ch. 5, Pt. A, comment, (n.2). With a criminal history category of I, his advisory Guidelines sentence would be life, or 470 months. See United States v. Keller, 413 F.3d 706, 711 (8th Cir.2005) (<HOLDING>). The district court’s sentence of 457 months

A: holding that where a defendants guideline range is 121 to 151 months and his statutory minimum sentence is 240 months and the government moves for a downward departure pursuant to both  3553e and  5k11 the starting point for the departure is 240 months and the court is not limited to the low end of the guideline range in determining the extent of the departure
B: holding that although the guidelines should be the starting point and the initial benchmark of calculating a proper sentence the district court should then consider all of the  3553a factors to determine whether they support the sentence requested by a party
C: recognizing 470 months as correct starting point for guidelines sentence of life
D: holding that the district court which had considered the guidelines but found an upward variant sentence necessary given the defendants previous violations did not abuse its discretion when it imposed a 24month sentence instead of a guidelines range sentence of 3 to 9 months incarceration
C.