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10 Dec 2007, 1:47 pm
The Supreme Court issued a 7-2 decision that federal sentencing judges are not required to apply the 100:1 disparity between crack and powder cocaine in the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which the U.S. [read post]
29 Jul 2014, 8:04 am
I mean that in the best possible way.It comes by way of the New York Times and concerns one federal judge's frustration that badly constructed mandatory minimum sentencing laws required him to impose a grossly disproportionate sentence. [read post]
28 Jun 2009, 8:14 pm
In two recent rulings and interviews, a federal judge in the District and one in Iowa said they had policy differences with Congress and a judicial commission that they said did not go far enough to change the guidelines for crack sentences in 2007. [read post]
3 Mar 2024, 10:14 am
12 Dec 2007, 9:49 am
Sentencing Commission to make the reduction in federal sentencing guidelines for crack cocaine offenses retroactive, many are wondering just how these reductions will be effected. [read post]
18 Dec 2015, 1:45 pm
The defense counsel argued for a downward variance based on the fact that many federal judges now view the Guidelines in child pornography cases as driven more by Congressional politics than the kind of empirical data utilized by the Sentencing Commission to formulate guidelines in other kinds of case. [read post]
19 May 2009, 4:11 am
Booker, which changed the status of the federal sentencing guidelines from mandatory to advisory. [read post]
26 Mar 2014, 11:58 am
Increased Federal Sentences for these Defendants. [read post]
14 Jul 2022, 4:14 pm
20 Apr 2022, 7:03 am
Recently, Matthew Galluzzo, an experienced federal criminal defense attorney and criminal appellate lawyer, was appointed by a federal court to represent an individual previously sentenced to 48 years in prison in connection with two armed robberies in the 1990s. [read post]
21 Mar 2017, 2:16 pm
27 Mar 2007, 1:09 pm
Now is the time to sign up for the Sixteenth Annual National Seminar on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, co-sponsored by the US Sentencing Commission and the Federal Bar Association, which takes place on May 23-25 in Salt Lake City, Utah. [read post]
11 Dec 2006, 10:40 am
Perhaps Utah ought to be a model for Congress if it ever decides that a Booker fix is needed for the federal sentencing system. [read post]
5 Apr 2013, 10:27 am
Their boss, the Attorney General, states in his speech that the Federal Sentencing Commission and Congress need to rein these prosecutors in by working to reduce tragic outcomes by giving discretion back to federal judges. [read post]
4 Sep 2007, 4:21 am
Sentencing Commission. [read post]
16 May 2007, 8:08 am
Sentencing Commission has once again acknowledged this fact.... [read post]
4 Jul 2015, 10:59 am
Sentencing Commission, federal judges, criminal defense organizations, and even President Obama’s Justice Department which, through former U.S. [read post]
26 May 2011, 6:21 pm
In a recent post, I put up a preliminary draft of my testimony to the Sentencing Commission next week on retroactivity for the pending crack amendment. [read post]
8 May 2007, 1:18 pm
Here are some passages from the informative and insightful article:The [federal] Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 directed the USSC to create and maintain a determinate sentencing system with the now-familiar Sentencing Guidelines as its centerpiece. [read post]
29 Apr 2009, 6:31 pm
Until a comprehensive solution - one that embodies new quantity thresholds and perhaps new sentencing enhancements - can be developed and enacted as legislation by Congress and as amended guidelines by the Sentencing Commission, federal prosecutors will adhere to existing law. [read post]
