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30 Apr 2012, 1:54 pm by brian
Sentencing Commission plans to release a report that's likely to propose changes to the sentencing guidelines that it oversees. [read post]
21 Jan 2014, 10:26 am
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]
18 Nov 2016, 7:09 pm by Steve Kalar
“In sum, common sense, the plain language of the guidelines, and the Sentencing Commission’s commentary, all show that USSG § 2G1.1(a)(1) only applies to defendants who are subject to a fifteen-year mandatory minimum sentence under 18 USC § 1591(b)(1). [read post]
7 Feb 2007, 8:26 am
  But, because of the crack guidelines — which the US Sentencing Commission has itself repeatedly called unfairly harsh — the applicable guidelines range advised a sentence of at least 3 years. [read post]
27 Oct 2021, 1:08 pm by John Floyd
Sentencing Guidelines are often result in a more lengthy sentence that must be served without the benefit of parole and extremely sparse goodtime benefits – especially with an offense that requires imposition of a when mandatory minimum sentence. [read post]
25 Oct 2011, 6:45 pm by Jordan D. Maglich
 She had faced a maximum possible sentence of 86 years in federal prison and fines totalling $1.5 million. [read post]
22 Feb 2019, 10:43 am by John Floyd
  The individual who received the 20-year prison sentence was charged with “distribution of fentanyl causing death”—a federal charge with a mandatory minimum and strict sentencing guidelines under the U.S. [read post]
23 Dec 2008, 7:59 am
  Here is a quick account of what's covered in these cases: Caraballo considers whether "the Sentencing Commission's recent amendment to the drug quantity table, USSG App. [read post]
28 Mar 2010, 5:20 pm by Jeralyn
Sentencing Commission has revised downward the range of sentences for those crimes, and has made those changes retroactive. [read post]
11 Dec 2008, 5:00 am
  In that context, today's blog entry addresses last week's very important two-to-one federal sentencing opinion from  the District of Columbia Circuit: blank">U.S. v. [read post]
5 Feb 2013, 4:24 pm by Ken
(The usually very user-friendly United States Sentencing Commission site is under construction at the time of this writing; usually I'd link you there.) [read post]
13 Aug 2013, 12:44 pm by Ken White
Federal Sentencing In General The first thing you have to understand is that federal sentences depend on the interplay of three sources of authority: (1) the United States Sentencing Guidelines (which I have tried to explain in posts like this and this), a ridiculously complex set of rules created by the United States Sentencing Commission under the authority of the 1984 Sentencing Reform Act; (2) specific federal… [read post]
9 Nov 2006, 7:40 am
As first noted here, the US Sentencing Commission has scheduled for next week a Public Hearing on "Cocaine and Federal Sentencing Policy -- 2006. [read post]
11 Sep 2007, 6:48 am
The US Sentencing Commission has now officially "identified its policy priorities for the upcoming amendment cycle. [read post]
11 Dec 2007, 4:52 pm
  A Federal sentencing judge will make the final determination of whether an offender is eligible for a lower sentence and how much that sentence should be lowered. [read post]
” The state’s Pardons and Parole Board Commission rules also prevent incarcerated people from receiving any additional commutations on sentences for which they have already received a favorable commutation. [read post]
16 Nov 2011, 3:15 am by SHG
The United States Sentencing Commission issued an extensive report that ripped that hated mandatory minimum sentences. [read post]