Monday, March 12, 2007

Proposed U.S. Sentencing Commission Amendments

The United States Sentencing Commission, on Jan. 30th., published notice of its consideration of making a number of amendments to the sentencing guidelines, policy statements, and commentaries. (72 FR 4372)

Subject areas include sex offenses, terrorism, intellectual property matters, drug-related offenses, immigration, criminal histories, and “compassionate releases.”

The public hearing on these new proposals is March 20th. at the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building in Washington. The deadline for testifying there has already passed, but written comments are still being accepted until March 30, 2007. Comments can also be e-mailed to the Commission (publicaffairs@ussc.gov )

Federal Register
Commission’s “Reader Friendly” version

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