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New U.S. Sentencing Commission publications called "Quick Facts"
December 6th, 2013
The U.S. Sentencing Commission has recently developed publications in specific areas of federal sentencing called “Quick Facts” which provide helpful statistics. Below is the direct web page to the links for each Quick Facts publication:…
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Mandatory Minimum Sentencing: Holder Memo, Justice Safety Valve Act, and Smarter Sentencing Act
December 2nd, 2013
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder recently issued new policies to the existing mandatory minimum statutes regarding drug offenses. Holder has vowed to work with Congress to make changes to the existing mandatory minimum statutes regarding drug offens…
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Career Offenders Convicted of Crack Offenses ARe Not Elibible for a SEntence Reduction Under 18 U.S.C. §3582(c) If A Downward Departure Under §4A1.3 Was Granted
August 1st, 2013
In United States v. Flemming, No. 12-1118, the Third Circuit held that crack defendants who were designated as career offenders, but were granted downward departures from their career offender status pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 4A1.3, are not entitled to…
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Prosecutorial Misconduct
July 24th, 2012
A Washington Post article today points out that in many cases over the past several decades, federal prosecutors knew that the evidence against a defendant was flawed because the science upon which the conviction had relied was not reliable – yet t…
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