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16 Sep 2009, 7:32 am by David S. Seltzer
The Sentencing Commission hears testimony from judges, attorneys, probation officers and others about federal sentencing practices. [read post]
22 Mar 2022, 9:58 pm by James Romoser
Jackson said Congress has mandated that judges consider numerous factors in sentencing, not just the federal guidelines. [read post]
29 Jun 2018, 3:13 pm by Zamansky
Federal prosecutors pursued criminal charges against Glick as well; and, recently, a federal judge in Illinois sentenced Glick to 151 months in prison and ordered him to pay $5.2 million in restitution to his victims. [read post]
26 Jul 2011, 4:22 pm by johntfloyd
Sentencing Commission issued a retroactive amendment, Amendment 713, to the Sentencing Guidelines designed to eliminate the sentencing disparities in crack cocaine and powder cocaine cases. [read post]
19 May 2008, 10:04 am
The issue was the ten year consecutive mandatory minimum sentence if a defendant is found to have carried carries explosives during the commission of a crime. [read post]
13 Mar 2014, 6:01 pm by Jeralyn
Sentencing Commission on proposed amendments to the sentencing guidelines, one of which is to lower drug sentencing guidelines by two levels. [read post]
12 Oct 2010, 2:46 am by Paul Cassell
Sentencing Commission to study the issue of mandatory minimums. [read post]
21 Jun 2007, 8:03 am
The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a federal criminal sentence within the Guidelines may be presumed to be reasonable when the case is on appeal. [read post]
1 Nov 2006, 3:17 am
In other exciting USSC news, the Commission has now scheduled for later this month a Public Hearing titled "Cocaine and Federal Sentencing Policy -- 2006. [read post]
30 Nov 2009, 6:12 am
 The Sentencing Commission created and then sculpted the enhancements through a perfunctory process that radically altered illegal re-entry sentencing, shifting the focus from the defendant’s current offense to the status of his worst prior conviction. [read post]
30 Mar 2015, 8:17 am by Allison Tussey
In July 2014, the Chicago Office of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) took legal action to shut down Herbert’s business. [read post]
22 Apr 2009, 6:53 am
Sentencing Commission, hopes to continue reforming federal sentencing guidelines to address prison overcrowding. [read post]
24 Apr 2018, 10:41 am by Susan Klein
United States, the justices considered the same provision, which allows federal judges to modify a prison term for a “defendant who has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment based on a sentencing range that has subsequently been lowered by the Sentencing Commission. [read post]
18 Aug 2010, 8:41 am by Hamedah Hasan
Sentencing Commission can choose to apply the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 retroactively. [read post]
28 May 2007, 4:58 am
At the National Seminar on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines in Salt Lake City last week (reviewed here and here), I heard lots of praise and virtually no criticisms regarding the US Sentencing Commission's important recent work on crack sentencing (details here). [read post]
6 Dec 2006, 4:33 am
The US Sentencing Commission has now made available at this link the full hearing transcript from the November 14, 2006, public hearing on cocaine and federal sentencing policy at the Georgetown University Law Center. [read post]
28 Aug 2015, 9:10 am by Shima Baradaran
Sentencing Commission voted to reduce sentences for most federal drug offenders retroactively, potentially allowing 46,000 inmates to obtain slightly shorter sentences by the end of this year. [read post]
24 Apr 2008, 3:20 pm
Sentencing Commission study released Thursday says it is not immediately clear how many offenders have actually been released from custody after having their sentences reduced. [read post]