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Turning Back The Clock? Booker's Impact On Due Process Rights Of Defendants In Pipeline Cases
The National Association of Defense Lawyers (NACDL) respectfully submits the following comments on these important proposed amendments.
Opinion and Order Granting Motion to Sentence Reduction
Motion for Compassionate Release (Dec. 21, 2020)
Gov Response in Opposition (Jan. 15, 2021)
Def's Reply (Jan. 29, 2021)
Order Granting Compassionate Release (Mar. 30, 2021)
Order
Comments to the U.S. Sentencing Commission regarding post-Booker decisions, and specifically related to anabolic steroids. Includes testimony from and article by NACDL member Rick Collins.
NACDL President Cynthia Hujar Orr’s written statement to the U.S. Sentencing Commission regarding mandatory minimum sentencing in federal law and the value of case-specific discretion.
President Lisa Wayne's written statement to the U.S. Sentencing Commission regarding sentencing practices since the U.S. v. Booker decision.
We write to express our continued opposition to S. 3951, the PROTECT Act of 2022. In addition to creating a new five-year mandatory minimum prison sentence for possession of child pornography, the bill would make certain federal sentencing guidelines mandatory, reversing almost two decades of reform ushered in by United States v. Booker. The bill would resurrect the failed and disproportionately severe sentencing policies of the past, with no corresponding benefit to public safety. We urge you to oppose it.
We are writing to express our strong opposition to S. 3951, the PROTECT Act of 2022. In addition to creating a new 5-year federal mandatory minimum prison sentence for possession of child pornography, the bill would overturn the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Booker and make certain federal sentencing guidelines mandatory. The bill would signal a return to failed policies of the past and threaten to undo all the progress you have made together to restore discretion and proportionality to federal sentencing.
Todd Haugh, Can the CEO Learn from the Condemned? The Application of Capital Mitigation Strategies to White Collar Cases, American University Law Review 62(1) (October 2012), available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2163644
Letter to the U.S. Sentencing Commission regarding USSC priorities in the current (2014) amendment cycle.
Letter to the Judicial Conference Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure regarding proposed changes to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.
American Bar Association letter filed with the U.S. Sentencing Commission on August 15, 2005 in connection with its decision to add the privilege waiver issue to the list of tentative priorities for the 2005-2006 Sentencing Guidelines amendment cycle.
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.
