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Determining the Sentencing Range and the Sentence Within Range: Model Sentencing Guidelines §§1.2-1.8
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2006) 18 (5): 323–329.
Published: 01 June 2006
...Frank O. Bowman, III © The Ohio State University Determining the Sentencing Range and the Sentence Within Range: Model Sentencing Guidelines §§1.2-1.8 Model Sentencing Guidelines §1.2 General Application Instructions Except as specifically directed, the provisions of these Model Sentencing...
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Published: 01 May 2025
FIGURE 4 Range of imposed sentence ranges by calendar year sentenced, for cases initiated in FYs 2014–20 ( n = 2,144). The red line shows the mandatory minimum, 120 months. Each “box” contains 50% of the observations, with the blue horizontal line showing the median. The “whiskers” indicate
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Testimony of Congressman Charles B. Rangel
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2006) 18 (4): 295–296.
Published: 01 April 2006
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Retroactive Guidelines Amendments Must Apply to Individuals Who Receive Below-Guidelines Sentences to Protect the Individualized Sentencing Required by Federal Sentencing Statutes
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2024) 36 (3): 153–160.
Published: 01 February 2024
... amendments, 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2), authorizes modification of sentences “based on” the pre-amendment guidelines range. From the time of the initial Commission until 2011, all defendants whose guidelines range calculations included the amended guideline were eligible for a comparably lower sentence...
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Plea Agreements and Suspending Disbelief
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2025) 37 (1): 15–21.
Published: 01 February 2025
... stipulate to an exact sentence, guideline, or range. Parties sometimes collaborate to ensure that sentences fit within concocted United States Sentencing Guidelines ranges, and when a sentence falls within a guideline range, the U.S. Sentencing Commission never systematically collects data on the judge’s...
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Here Come the Judges: A Judicial Response to Anticipated Concerns over a Statewide Criminal Sentencing Database—Aligning Algorithmic Risk Assessments with Criminal Justice Values
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2021) 33 (4): 247–249.
Published: 01 April 2021
... available to a sentencing court. Sentencing discretion is conferred upon trial courts by the General Assembly through its statutory enactments, and the trial courts have full discretion to impose a prison sentence that falls within the prescribed statutory range. With such wide-ranging discretion...
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A Perspective on the Proposed Amendments to the Drug Distribution Guideline
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2014) 26 (4): 252–257.
Published: 01 April 2014
... sentencing ranges that are calculated through the drug distribution guideline. Although the proposed almost-across-the-board offense level reduction is laudable, the Commission should go further in its amendment of the drug distribution guideline. First, the proposed amendment reduces most of the offense...
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Public Support for Using “Second Chance” Mechanisms to Reconsider Long-Term Prison Sentences for Drug Crimes
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2021) 34 (1): 71–79.
Published: 01 October 2021
...) how levels of support, and reasons for support, may vary depending on the type of drug-related offense. Results show moderate levels of support for using second chance mechanisms, both generally and in relation to specific strategies commonly available across jurisdictions, for a range of drug...
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Nordic Design: Embracing Inspiration for Reforming Criminal Fines
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2022) 34 (2-3): 155–165.
Published: 01 February 2022
...Jordan M. Hyatt; Synøve N. Andersen; Steven L. Chanenson Abstract Legal financial obligations serve a range of practical and ideological functions within the modern American criminal justice system. Criminal fines are punitive in nature and intended to reflect the severity of the offense as well...
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Spiraling Criminal Debt
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2022) 34 (2-3): 92–97.
Published: 01 February 2022
... result. Legal consequences of non-payment can in turn result in a person’s loss of a range of other rights, including employment, housing, public assistance, driver’s licenses, and voting rights. The extent of this problem of spiraling criminal debt has been increasingly well-documented and the subject...
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Law without Order, Then Too Much Order, Then Not Enough?
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2023) 35 (4-5): 300–303.
Published: 01 April 2023
... remain in place, complex as ever. Judges must utilize the guidelines to calculate the applicable sentencing range but may then freely stray from that range through the use of departures or variances. The guidelines coexist with mandatory minimum sentencing laws that are decidedly not advisory...
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Sentencing in Chaos: How Statistics Can Harmonize the “Discordant Symphony”
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2020) 32 (3): 128–137.
Published: 01 February 2020
... the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s datafiles matching those criteria. From there, a judge can determine various relevant statistics to consider when imposing a sentence: most importantly, the Interquartile Range (IQR). The IQR defines the central range of sentences imposed on similarly situated offenders...
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Booker at Twenty
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2025) 37 (1): 13–14.
Published: 01 February 2025
... served an enormously important purpose. The article, however, laments that judges have not taken sufficient advantage of Booker and have continued to impose too many sentences at or near the Guidelines’ range. [email protected] © 2025 The Ohio State University 2025 sentencing...
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Location, Location, Location: How the Federal Sentencing System Can Cause Disparity in MDLEA Cases
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2025) 37 (2): 129–131.
Published: 01 May 2025
... the First Step Act passage explicitly included MDLEA cases in safety-valve relief, disparity continues in the sentencing data. Role in the offense, specifically minor participant status, can significantly impact guideline ranges, and the uneven application on role leads to significant disparities...
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Reflecting on Nearly Four Decades of the Great American Sentencing Songbook
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2024) 36 (5): 229–230.
Published: 01 June 2024
...Douglas A. Berman; Steven L. Chanenson This short article provides a brief overview for the Federal Sentencing Reporter’s republishing of past articles using a “greatest hits” theme. This article notes the wide range of people who have contributed in myriad ways to the long-running Federal...
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A First Look at the First Step Act
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2019) 32 (2): 63–64.
Published: 01 December 2019
...Douglas A. Berman This Issue of FSR explores a range of perspectives on the import and impact of the First Step Act as we approach the first anniversary of President Trump signing it into law. Key themes that emerge from materials in this Issue include the need for effective implementation...
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“Do I Have to Learn What a 'Crime of Moral Turpitude' Is?”: The World Before and After Padilla v. Kentucky
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2011) 24 (1): 66–69.
Published: 01 October 2011
.... Before Padilla v. Kentucky , thousands of defendants—especially those who were incarcerated—received no advice on immigration consequences and unknowingly signed pleas that would lead to their deportation. When the landmark Padilla decision was issued, defense attorney reactions ranged from ecstatic...
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2011) 24 (2): 145–157.
Published: 01 December 2011
... possession offenders, as well as information on average extent of reduction below the bottom of the applicable guideline range for child pornography production and possession offenses. The document also highlights the Sentencing Commission's recommendations to Congress regarding statutory changes, including...
View articletitled, Prepared Testimony of Judge Patti B. Saris Chair, United States Sentencing Commission Before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee on the Judiciary United States House of Representatives October 12, 2011
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Is There a Link Between Criminal Debt and Recidivism in Reentry?
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2022) 34 (2-3): 188–192.
Published: 01 February 2022
... reintegration and challenging fundamental goals of the system. Assuming the claim is true, policy implications could be wide-ranging, from the implementation of services to scaling back or abolishing certain financial sanctions altogether. In this Article, however, I note that there are a limited number...
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The Cost of Financial Sanctions in Sentencing and Corrections: Avenues for Research, Policy, and Practice
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2022) 34 (2-3): 89–91.
Published: 01 February 2022
...Jordan M. Hyatt; Nathan W. Link Abstract Financial and monetary obligations, a class of sanctions that includes fines, restitution, and a range of fees, are increasingly recognized as playing a significant role in the operation of the justice system, the lives of the people against whom...
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