Letter to the U.S.S.C. Chair from Lanny Breuer and Jonathan Wroblewski (Sept. 2011) Available to Purchase

This 8-page letter to the U.S. Sentencing Commission Chair from the U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division is reprinted from the U.S. Department of Justice Web site at http://www.justice.gov/. The letter notes the challenges facing federal sentencing and corrections policy and, in a section on congressional directives, reports on mandatory minimum sentencing statutes and outlines guideline amendments to address congressional directives. The letter also outlines other guideline issues—including the categorical approach to reviewing predicate offenses and child exploitation crimes—as well as circuit splits and erroneous court decisions.