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West-coast swing for the US Sentencing Commission next week

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this official notice, the US Sentencing Commission has scheduled a public hearing for May 27-28, 2009, at Stanford Law School.  This link provides the agenda and the list of impressive persons scheduled to testify at the USSC hearing.  From the folks at Stanford, I received these additional details about the hearing: This public hearing is the second in a series of regional hearings to mark the 25th anniversary of the passage of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 ("SRA").... The hearing will allow commissioners to hear directly from judges, practitioners, academics, and other individuals about their experiences with, and any suggestions regarding, federal sentencing policy.  In particular, the Commission is interested in the following topics: 1...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 21, 2009 (boomark / email).