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NACDL is pleased to see the U.S. Sentencing Commission proposing amendments the Sentencing Guidelines that seek to address the unfair practice of allowing acquitted conduct to be considered as relevant conduct under Sentencing Guideline Section 1B1.3.
NACDL supports the Commission’s proposed amendment to §1B1.13, with some suggested modifications, and supports Option 3 to (b)(6). After reviewing the Commission’s recent hearings on this proposed amendment as well as the submitted written testimony, NACDL focuses its comments on proposals (b)(5), (b)(6), and (b)(4).
20th Annual State Criminal Justice Network Conference August 18-20, 2021 | Held Virtually
This session will focus on “Second Look Sentencing” reforms that seek to provide individuals with the opportunity for resentencing or a sentence reduction after they have served a certain amount of time in prison.
NACDL's 19th Annual State Criminal Justice Network Conference August 17-19, 2020 | Held Virtually Shifting the Narrative: Combatting Life Imprisonment & Other Extreme Sentences
NACDL's 19th Annual State Criminal Justice Network Conference August 17-19, 2020 | Held Virtually First Steps for State Sentencing Reform
Presented by Nicole Porter, Director of Advocacy, The Sentencing Project
Race Matters II: The Impact of Race on Criminal Justice January 10-11, 2019 | Los Angeles, CA
Sentencing: Practice presented by Nancy L. McGunn, Deputy Federal Defender, Federal Public Defender Eastern District of Michigan (Detroit)
Race Matters I: The Impact of Race on Criminal Justice September 14-15, 2017 | Detroit, MI
Sentencing: Policy presented by Marc Mauer, Executive Director, The Sentencing Project
Collateral Consequences: Practice presented by Amanda David, Assistant Federal Defender, Federal Public Defender of Eastern District New York
Panel from the 2020 Presidential Summit and Sentencing Symposium, co-hosted with the Georgetown University Law Center American Criminal Law Review
Keynote speakers from the 2020 Presidential Summit and Sentencing Symposium, co-hosted with the Georgetown University Law Center American Criminal Law Review
