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Written Statement of Steven D. Benjamin, President National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Before the House Committee on the Judiciary Over-Criminalization Task Force Re: “Defining the Problem and Scope of Over-criminalization and Over-federalization”
Written Statement of William G. Otis, Adjunct Professor of Law Georgetown University Law Center Before the House Committee on the Judiciary Over-Criminalization Task Force Re: “Penalties”
Statement Of Judge Irene M. Keeley, United States District Judge Judicial Conference of the United States Before the Committee on the Judiciary Over-Criminalization Task Force United States House of Representatives at a Hearing Entitled “Agency Perspectives”
Testimony of Chief Judge Patti B. Saris Chair, United States Sentencing Commission For the Hearing on “Agency Perspectives” Before the Over-Criminalization Task Force of the Committee on the Judiciary United States House of Representatives
For John Bailey, achieving justice involved a long journey on both straight and winding roads with many obstacles along the way. But trying as it may have been, the odyssey ended by arriving at the sweetest of destinations – freedom.
Comments to the U.S. Sentencing Commission regarding proposed amendments to the sentencing guidelines.
Letter to the U.S. Sentencing Commission regarding USSC priorities in the current (2014) amendment cycle.
NACDL President Jim Lavine's written statement to the U.S. Sentencing Commission regarding making permanent previous emergency amendments to the sentencing guidelines, and their applicability, related to the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010.
NACDL President Jim Lavine's written statement to the U.S. Sentencing Commission regarding amending the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (S. 1789) to apply retroactively to maintain fairness in sentencing application.
Letter to the U.S. Sentencing Commission regarding USSC priorities in the current (2019) amendment cycle.
Comments to the U.S. Sentencing Commission regarding the powder v. crack cocaine sentencing disparity.
