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12 Oct 2007, 4:59 am
It arises in the context of interpreting the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which prescribe the manner for creating a uniform sentencing procedure throughout the federal court system. [read post]
20 Jan 2014, 6:23 am by Steve Kalar
“The district court held that the Sentencing Commission’s Policy Statement § 1B1.10(b) precluded a sentence reduction because Davis had already received a sentence below the minimum of the amended guideline range. [read post]
29 Jul 2010, 3:57 am by SHG
  I propose that the Sentencing Commission annually release sentencing statistics for each federal judge who sentenced a significant number of offenders during that year. [read post]
23 Oct 2009, 4:51 am
Schumacher, Tomko and Sentencing Guidelines After Booker, 125 Tax Notes 149 (2009).The federal sentencing guidelines attempt to prevent disparities among sentences imposed for the same crime and apply to tax crimes just as they apply to other federal crimes. [read post]
15 Nov 2011, 10:14 am by Mike Scarcella
Sentencing Commission issued its first report on mandatory-minimum prison terms in more than two decades. [read post]
14 Apr 2014, 6:33 am by Michael Beckett, Esq.
He could face eight years in prison when sentenced Nov. 13, 2014. [read post]
22 Jul 2015, 12:37 pm by CJLF Staff
Sentencing Commission's decision to lower federal sentencing for all drug trafficking and distribution crimes, thousands of dangerous felons will be released from federal prison this November. [read post]
4 Oct 2007, 3:22 pm
Jason Edward Kaufman reports in The Art Newspaper that Manhattan dealer Edward Merrin was sentenced to one year's probation and eight months of home confinement, and ordered to pay about $50,000 in fines/restitution, in a federal case that charged him and his son Samuel with defrauding a client out of millions of dollars. [read post]
7 Aug 2019, 4:44 am by Hon. Richard G. Kopf
Sentencing Commission, Intra-City Differences in Federal Sentencing Practices, Federal District Judges in 30 Cities, 2005-2017, p. 7 (2019), in which the Commission found: “In most cities, the length of a defendant’s sentence increasingly depends on which judge in the courthouse is assigned to his or her case. [read post]
30 Oct 2020, 3:56 pm by Sami Azhari
Aggravated Identity Theft Sentencing 18 USC 1028A requires federal courts to sentence the defendant to two years prison to be served after the sentence for the underlying crime. [read post]
28 Feb 2009, 5:07 am
Sentencing Commission to change advisory guidelines for certain crack cocaine offenders gave him newfound discretion to reduce the five-year prison term. [read post]
22 Mar 2012, 10:31 am by Jack Goldsmith
”  My claim was only that the relatively short sentences were “one indication” of their fairness and the  Majid Khan* plea bargain was “one indication” of their effectiveness. [read post]
5 Sep 2008, 2:54 pm
I noted in this recent post the launch of New York University School of Law's Center on the Administration of Criminal Law, and now I am pleased to spotlight this letter that the Center sent to the US Sentencing Commission proposing the forecasting of the fiscal costs, and the racial and ethnic impact of, pending federal criminal legislation to be a key Commission priority. [read post]
14 Feb 2009, 5:07 am
As noted here, last week the US Sentencing Commission issued a new report providing an in-depth analysis of alternative sentences for federal offenders. [read post]
12 Jun 2014, 6:04 pm by Steve Sady
First, the Sentencing Commission has promulgated commentary under U.S.S.C. 5G1.3 and 5K2.23 calling for adjustment of sentences or departure to compensate for pretrial time not credited by the BOP under § 3585(b). [read post]
10 Dec 2007, 10:41 am
Sentencing Commission, which sets the guidelines, that could cut prison time for up to an estimated 19,500 federal inmates convicted of crack crimes. [read post]