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The new guidelines are here, new guidelines are here!

By Douglas A. Berman

Among other exciting developments this November is the official effective date for both the newly amended sentencing guidelines put forth by the US Sentencing Commission back in May (discussed here) and the supplemental guidelines amendments implementing the Fair Sentencing Act's changes to crack sentencing (discussed here).  The USSC's website has all the now effective guidelines linked here and here. This new Denver Post article, which is headlined "Federal sentencing guidelines change today for some drug crimes," takes local stock of the changes prompted by the FSA that become effective today: New federal sentencing guidelines go into effect today, raising or reducing the time that drug offenders spend in prison depending on the quantity of drugs involved or the role the defendant played in the crime...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 01, 2010 (boomark / email).