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...Patti B. Saris © The Ohio State University Acceptance Speech and NASC Keynote Address: National Association of Sentencing Commissions Presentation of Richard P. Kern Memorial Award HON. PATTI B. SARIS Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts Chair, National...

...Kelly Lyn Mitchell Abstract This essay on the obligations of sentencing commissions to constantly reassess their policies is adapted from the speech given by Kelly Lyn Mitchell, Chair of the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission, upon receiving the Richard P. Kern Memorial Award from...

...Mark H. Bergstrom; Brett A. Miller; Jordan T. Zvonkovich Abstract Research capacity is the basic currency of a sentencing commission, and the gold standard is data, with its capability of being transformed into meaningful information to support policy development and guide sentencing decisions...

..., high-quality drug-conviction and sentencing data enable sentencing commissions and legislatures to act decisively on the basis of reason and not anecdotes. Commissions can play a vital role in understanding the decades-old war on drugs and charting a path for the future. This article provides...

...Cecelia Klingele © The Ohio State University The Role of Sentencing Commissions in the Imposition and Enforcement of Release Conditions Over the past several decades, sentencing commissions have made signi cant contributions to American sentencing law and policy. The most obvious...

...U.S. Sentencing Commission © The Ohio State University News Release: U.S. Sentencing Commission Holds Last Public Meeting of Current Commission, Proposes 2017 Amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines U.S. SENTENCING COMMISSION Washington, DC December 9, 2016 Today the United States...

... looks the same today as it did pre- Booker —the U.S. Probation Office prepares a presentence report (PSR), the parties litigate over the guidelines calculations set forth in the PSR, and the judge makes a ruling as to the appropriate guidelines range. The work of the U.S. Sentencing Commission also...

... © The Ohio State University Booker and Durbin Introduce Legislation Aimed at Increasing Membership within U.S. Sentencing Commission (press release) Currently, the Commission fails to include representation from the public defender system U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Dick Durbin (D-IL...

...U.S. Sentencing Commission © The Ohio State University U.S. Sentencing Commission to Implement First Step Act with Focus on Compassionate Release (press release) Commission Also Sets Other Priorities for the 2022 2023 Amendment Year The United States Sentencing Commission today unanimously...

...., eds., Research on Sentencing: The Search for Reform (1983) 6. U.S. Sentencing Commission 54 Fed. Reg.51279-01 (1989). U.S. Sentencing Commission, 1998 Annual Report, Ch. 5, at 35 ("Statutory Requirements: Data Collection") 7. U.S. Sentencing Commission, 54 Fed. Reg. 26132-02 (1989). 8...

...Barry L. Johnson The Role of theUnited States Sentencing Commission in the Reform of Sentencing Procedures I. Introduction The United States SentencingGuidelines have brought about fundamental changes in the essential nature and functionof the sentencingprocess. In theplace...

... © The Ohio State University U.S. Sentencing Commission Requests for Comment on Drug Sentencing Guidelines, January 2002 EditorÕs Note: In January 2002, the Sente ncing Commis sion announce d its inte ntion to begin a longterm reassessment of a variety of is sues relating to fe deral drug...

...Frank O. Bowman, III © The Ohio State University A Challenge to the Rationale for General Economic Crime Sentence Increases Following Sarbanes-Oxley: Letter of Frank Bowman to U.S. Sentencing Commission February 10, 2003 Frank O. Bowman III is the M. Dale Palmer Professor of Law at Indiana...

..., with court documentation cumulatively received, coded, and edited at the U.S. Sentencing Commission by July 12, 2005. Of this total, there are 966 cases excluded for one of two general reasons. Some excluded cases involve certain Class A misdemeanors or other offenses which do not reference a sentencing...

... © The Ohio State University 05.FSR18.2_106-119.qxd 2/23/06 2:51 PM Page 106 Letter from Federal Defenders to U.S. Sentencing Commission about Federal Sentencing since United States v. Booker Honorable Ricardo H. Hinojosa United States Sentencing Commission One Columbus Circle, N.E. Suite 2...

...F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. © The Ohio State University Chairman s Statement to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, House Judiciary Committee, October 12, 2011 Hearing on Uncertain Justice: The Status of Federal Sentencing and the U.S. Sentencing Commission Six Years...

...Judge Patti B. Saris © The Ohio State University Testimony before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, House Judiciary Committee, October 12, 2011 Hearing on Uncertain Justice: The Status of Federal Sentencing and the U.S. Sentencing Commission Six Years after U.S. v...

...Matthew S. Miner © The Ohio State University Testimony before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, House Judiciary Committee, October 12, 2011 Hearing on Uncertain Justice: The Status of Federal Sentencing and the U.S. Sentencing Commission Six Years after U.S. v...

...Lynn Adelman; Jon Deitrich Abstract Freshly stocked with members, the Sentencing Commission has the opportunity to push federal sentencing in the right direction. The Commission should press Congress to abolish mandatory minimum sentencing laws. Such provisions prevent judges from imposing...

...Alan Vinegrad © The Ohio State University The New Federal Sentencing Guidelines: The Sentencing Commission s Response to the Feeney Amendment ALAN VINEGRAD Partner at Covington & Burling in New York and former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. In April 2003, Congress...