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NACDL, with its diverse membership of 10,000 spanning state, federal, and military practice, wishes to express its views on preferred Commission priorities. We concur with other advocates and stakeholders that current sentences are excessively long, and certain sentencing factors disproportionately affect racial minorities within the criminal legal system. Whatever issues the Commission determines to prioritize, these flaws should be foremost in considering potential amendments.
The National Association of Defense Lawyers (NACDL) respectfully submits the following comments on the Commission’s possible policy priorities for the amendment cycle ending May 1, 2024.
The instant Indictment and a companion Indictment accuse 25 people, mostly young, overwhelmingly people of color, and many of them heroin addicts, of a conspiracy conducted essentially by communication through cell phones.
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.
This month Michael G. Martin reviews Helena Star: An Epic Adventure Through the Murky Underworld of International Drug Smuggling by Stewart Riley.
This month Lisa B. Kauffman reviews Lawyer X: A True Story by Jake Banks.
2017 National Drug Threat Assessment by the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Slang Terms and Code Words: A Reference for Law Enforcement Personnel.
Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
President John Wesley Hall's letter to a member of the House regarding Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act and Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act (H.R. 265 and H.R. 1459, 2009).
