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11 Aug 2010, 11:37 am by Judicial Watch Blog
Sentencing Commission statistics show that nearly 30% of all crack cases in the last year involved a weapon compared to 16% for powder coke. [read post]
6 Dec 2011, 6:11 pm by Jordan D. Maglich
The charges had carried a maximum potential sentence of fifty years in prison, although federal sentencing guidelines recommended a lower amount. [read post]
7 Jun 2009, 12:56 am
Sentencing Commission sent a report to Congress recommending that the 100:1 sentencing ratio in crack/powder cocaine cases be reduced to 20:1. [read post]
20 Dec 2017, 4:31 am by SHG
Particularly in the context of the Sentencing Commission’s statistics on sentences for illegal-reentry cases, the court was not persuaded that the justification offered by Judge Forrest (who took Judge Rakoff’s seat when he assumed senior status) was sufficient to support the magnitude of the variance. [read post]
9 Aug 2009, 6:02 pm
  In particular, this Note draws upon the states' experience to argue that guidelines are most successful when they represent a diversely composed commission's collaborative effort to administer and regulate criminal sentencing rather than revise substantive criminal law. [read post]
30 Dec 2007, 9:08 pm
United States Sentencing Commission: "The Commission hereby gives notice of amendments to a policy statement and commentary made pursuant to... [read post]
14 Sep 2015, 8:24 am by @travelblawg
Federal criminal inmates typically serve at least 85% of time sentenced. [read post]
21 Sep 2016, 3:29 pm by The Swartz Law Firm
” The Defendant argued that a Report by the United States Sentencing Commission entitled “Special Report to Congress on Federal Child Pornography Offenses,” issued after the defendant’s sentencing, gave support to his criminal defense attorney’s argument that the guideline enhancements for the non-production child pornography offenses were outdated and it questioned the appropriateness of the current guideline scheme for peer to peer… [read post]
25 Apr 2007, 6:52 am
As I have mentioned before, the Annual National Seminar on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, co-sponsored by the US Sentencing Commission and the Federal Bar Association, is an event not to be missed. [read post]
12 Jan 2012, 6:19 am by David M. Trontz
The rules for sentence reductions in federal court can be found in the United States Sentencing Commission Guidelines Manual. [read post]
20 Jul 2014, 4:57 pm by Steve Kalar
  The Sentencing Commission voted on Friday July 18 to make their amendment to the drug guideline fully retroactive. [read post]
28 Apr 2007, 8:17 am
  The basic numbers:  As detailed here, in FY 2006 over 5,500 federal defendants were sentenced to long federal prison terms for crack offenses. [read post]
4 Jan 2016, 8:21 am by Ken White
Tolliver, 730 F.3d 1216, 1230–32 (10th Cir. 2013) (upholding a 430-month sentence for using arson in the commission of a felony); United States v. [read post]
An Ohio federal court sentenced former Ohio Republican Speaker of the House Larry Householder on Thursday to 20 years in prison for leading a complex racketeering and bribery scheme. [read post]
3 May 2012, 3:55 am by Russ Bensing
  In 2010, about eighteen hundred people were sentenced under the Federal porn statutes. [read post]
21 Jan 2014, 10:26 am by James E. Novak, P.L.L.C.
Generally, if the Federal Government conducts the investigation and prosecution the defendant will be exposed to the more harsh federal mandatory sentencing guidelines and penalties. [read post]