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...Text of Senate Bill 1410 from 113th Congress © The Ohio State University The Smarter Sentencing Act S. 1410 To focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders. TEXT OF SENATE BILL 1410 FROM 113TH CONGRESS IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JULY 31, 2013 Mr. DURBIN (for himself...

... meted out to low level drug offenders, who occupy a significant percentage of the federal prison population. The Smarter Sentencing Act would, among other things, reduce the level of minimum sentences for some drug offenders without eliminating them, enabling judges to impose harsher sentences when...

... that, for some serious crimes, a strong, rock-bottom sentence must be imposed. © The Ohio State University mandatory minimum sentences Smarter Sentencing Act crime punishment clemency The Case Against the Smarter Sentencing Act WILLIAM G. OTIS* Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law...

...Antonio M. Ginatta © The Ohio State University Letter from Human Rights Watch about the Smarter Sentencing Act ANTONIO M. GINATTA Advocacy Director, US Program, Human Rights Watch The Honorable Charles E. Grassley United States Senate 135 Hart Senate Of ce Building Washington, DC 20510...

... © The Ohio State University S. 502 The Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015 (Text) IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES FEBRUARY 12, 2015 Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. PAUL, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, and Mr. COONS) introduced the following bill; which...

...) where such laws accurately de ne, but over-punish, the class of offender they were intended to reach, reduce the length of the mandatory sentence. B. Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015 On February 12, 2015, Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Richard Durbin (D-IL), together with a group of cosponsors including Ted...

... political consensus that lengthy mandated prison terms may be neither fair nor effective when applied to less serious and nonviolent offenders. Re ecting this new thinking, a bipartisan group of Senators voted in favor of moving the Smarter Sentencing Act (SSA) out of the Senate Judiciary Committee...

... sentencing reform bill known as The Smarter Sentencing Act. Though the particulars of these bills differ, they both involve efforts to reduce the severity and rigidity of the federal sentencing system, and they both reveal that leading Democrats and leading Republicans are now seriously interested...

.... These legislative proposals, including one euphemistically named the Smarter Sentencing Act (SSA), would slash federal minimum sentences for traf cking in all dangerous drugs by at least half and would make thousands of federal prisoners convicted of serious drug traf cking crimes eligible for early release...

..., Urban Institute, before the H. Comm on Jud., all accounts, the Smarter Sentencing Act would result in at Subcomm. on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and least $3 billion in cost savings in the rst 10 years.9 Investigations, Lessons from the States: Responsible Prison Reform 10, 12 (July 15, 2014...

... issued new policies regarding the application of mandatory minimum penalties in drug traf cking cases. He also vowed to work with Congress to enact legislation reforming mandatory minimum statutes, speci cally citing the proposed Justice Safety Valve Act and the Smarter Sentencing Act Key...

... to three drug defendants based on the likely passage of the Smarter Sentencing Act and the Commission s proposed amendments). 14 Testimony by Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., U.S. Sentencing Commission, Mar. 13, 2014, available at httpwww. justice.gov/opa/pr/2014/March/14-ag-263.html. 15 Remarks...

... criminal justice system. Common sense legislative reform is one way to deal with this issue. Last week, the Attorney General urged Congress to pass the bipartisan Smarter Sentencing Act introduced by Senators Dick Durbin and Mike Lee which would give judges more discretion in determining appropriate...

.../smarton-crime.pdf. 6 See, e.g., Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act, S. 2123, 114th Cong. (2015), and its House companion, H.R. 3713, 114th Cong. (2015); Smarter Sentencing Act, H.R. 920, 114th Cong. (2015); REDEEM Act, S. 675, 114th Cong. (2015). 7 See Prepared Statement of Judge Patti B. Sairs...

... reform Federal Sentencing Reform, Slow in Congress For a number of years, Congress has been engaged in a deliberative statutory sentencing reform process. Starting with the introduction of the Justice Safety Valve Act and the Smarter Sentencing Act in early 2013,2 members of Congress have now been...

... have laid a strong foundation for a new era of American justice. Congress can help us build on this foundation by passing important, bipartisan legislation like the Smarter Sentencing Act, which would give judges more discretion in determining sentences for people convicted of certain federal drug...

..., and Arkansas, as well as many others that are passing bipartisan sentencing reform legislation and otherwise taking steps to engage in smarter sentencing practices, and that, in the process, have reduced their state prison populations. In 1932, Justice Louis Brandeis famously referred to the states...

... hundred days, President Trump has vowed that he wants to help Congress pass an End Illegal Immigration Act that would create a two-year mandatory minimum federal prison sentence for illegally reentering the U.S. after a previous deportation, and a ve-year mandatory minimum federal prison sentence...

... subject to the same penalty as those with 500 grams of powder cocaine. In the current legislative session, Congress is considering two additional reform bills the Justice Safety Valve Act and the Smarter Sentencing Act that would permit more judicial discretion at sentencing when certain mandatory...

..., reduce drug-fueled violence, and protect our communities. And it will complement proposals like the bipartisan Smarter Sentencing Act cosponsored by Senators Dick Durbin, Mike Lee, and Chairman Patrick Leahy, along with Representatives Bobby Scott and Raul Labrador to give judges more discretion...