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New lower USSC crack guidelines now officially retroactive

By Douglas A. Berman

There has already been a lot of local and national action concerning the retroactive application of the lower US Sentencing Commission crack guidelines.  But today (Monday, March 3, 2008) is the official effective date for the retroactive application of the new guidelines.  Though I suspect we will see lots and lots of news stories about the implementation of these new guidelines in the days and weeks ahead, I already see interesting local pieces from North Carolina and Florida on this issue.  Also FAMM has this helpful press advisory.   As I have suggested before, I think we can and should expect some crack March Madness as a host of complicated legal issues surrounding crack retroactivity get hashed out in lower courts...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 03, 2008 (boomark / email).