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Notable news from the US Sentencing Commission

By Douglas A. Berman

Providing a useful follow-up to all my speculation about what's going on at the US Sentencing Commission, the USSC's webpage now has these two (exciting?) new press releases: United States Sentencing Commission to Conduct Regional Public Hearings on Federal Sentencing Policy Sentencing Commission Ratifies Charter for Practitioners Advisory Group The news about regional public hearings is exciting in part because it seems the Commission has a broad vision of what can and should be discussed at these hearings: At the hearings, the Commission expects to hear from a wide range of witnesses from across the nation, including the judiciary, law enforcement, prosecutors, defense attorneys, community interest groups, sentencing experts, and others interested in federal sentencing...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 13, 2009 (boomark / email).