JD Supra

Sentencing Commission Data Tool Is Deeply Flawed

This past month, federal sentencing statistics became even more important for defense lawyers. The U.S. Sentencing Commission released the Judiciary Sentencing INformation platform, or JSIN — a new ...
Law

Federal Sentencing Amendment 821: Thousands of Prisoners May Be Affected

Federal Sentencing Amendment 821: Thousands of Prisoners May Be Affected This article focuses on an amendment to the sentencing guidelines which will allow defendants awaiting sentencing, and even ...
Jurist

The DOJ Opposition to the Proposed Sentencing Guideline Amendments: Fighting the Wrong Battles in Fraud Cases

JURIST Guest Columnist Randall D. Eliason of the George Washington University Law School discusses DOJ’s recent opposition to relaxed sentencing guidelines … At the hearing the US Department of ...
JD Supra

The Sentencing Guidelines' New Zero-Point Offender Provision

This article discusses Amendment 821 to the Sentencing Guidelines, which went into effect on November 1, 2023, adding a new “zero-point offender” adjustment. The white-collar bar lauded this amendment ...
Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch comments to the US Sentencing Commission on retroactivity of proposed amendments to the Drug Quantity Table

Human Rights Watch submits the following statement to the United States Sentencing Commission in response to the Commission’s May 6, 2014 request for comments on whether its recent amendment to lower ...