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Retro-crack

By Melody Evans and Kirk Redmond

Well, about everyone knows now that the Sentencing Commission has decided that the November 1, 2007, amendments to the crack guidelines should be retroactively applied, lowering the BOL by 2 levels. That is a small measure of justice, but some is better than none. The question now is: how do we apply it to our incarcerated clients?First, we are working on a template to follow in the more straightforward cases (e.g., no 5K or other such factor in the sentence). The really smart people at Defender Training Services are working on this, and will be sure to educate us on the best and most efficient method to get our clients relief. Once we have something roughed out, we'll post it here or you can call/email us. Although the Sentencing Commission says that no one gets nothin' until March 3, 2008, that does not foreclose a request for relief now, especially if they are eligible for immediate release...continue to full post

Full post as published by Kansas Federal Defender on December 17, 2007 (boomark / email).