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Comments submitted to the U.S. Sentencing Commission by NACDL's informal Coalition on the Privilege Waiver Amendment to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines regarding priorities in the current (2006) amendment cycle.
President Lisa Wayne's letter to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security regarding federal sentencing practices and the U.S. Sentencing Commission since the U.S. v. Booker decision.
Coalition letter to leadership of the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security regarding post-Booker and -Fanfan criminal sentencing.
Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of Petitioner.
NACDL amicus curiae brief in support of the petitioners, combining questions presented.
Brief of Aleph Institute
The Post-Booker World: Does the Ex Post Facto Cla
U.S. v. Tomko, Third Circuit En Banc Opinion upholding a sentence of probation, which was a downward variance based upon Gall, in a tax evasion case (April 2009)
