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Speech by AG Holder for "Rethinking Federal Sentencing Policy"

By Douglas A. Berman

As I noted in this post, a big event this afternoon in DC took place under the heading "?Rethinking Federal Sentencing Policy: 25th Anniversary of the Sentencing Reform Act."  Attorney General Eric Holder spoke at the event, and his speech can now be accessed at this link.  Here are just a few of the many highlights: The federal sentencing system, which includes both sentencing guidelines and mandatory minimum sentencing statutes, has undergone significant change since the Supreme Court?s decision in United States v. Booker.  The guidelines continue to provide a sentencing baseline in all federal criminal cases.  However, Sentencing Commission data show that the percentage of defendants sentenced within the guidelines has decreased since the decision...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 24, 2009 (boomark / email).