...Douglas A. Berman The topic of alternatives to incarceration often seems at once forgotten and yet ever-present in the federal sentencing system. U.S. Sentencing Commission data indicate nine out of every ten federal sentences include terms of imprisonment, and yet the offenses and offenders...

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... the same today as it did pre- Booker —the U.S. Probation Office prepares a presentence report (PSR), the parties litigate over the guidelines calculations set forth in the PSR, and the judge makes a ruling as to the appropriate guidelines range. The work of the U.S. Sentencing Commission also looks largely...

... are both commendable because they seek to alter key structures that have contributed to massive growth in the federal prison population. Sentencing reform U.S. Sentencing Commission clemency federal sentencing Congress © 2022 Vera Institute of Justice. All rights reserved. 2022 EDITOR S...

...Jake J. Smith While sentence lengths for most federal drug trafficking offenses have decreased in recent years, methamphetamine sentences are moving in the opposite direction, lengthening by 12% between FY2015 and FY2019. Using data from the U.S. Sentencing Commission and other sources, I consider...

...Kevin Bennardo This Commentary provides a perspective on the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s proposed amendment to the drug distribution guideline. The proposed amendment has the potential to substantially affect federal sentencing and incarceration because of the sheer volume of advisory sentencing...

... This 8-page letter to the U.S. Sentencing Commission Chair from the U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division is reprinted from the U.S. Department of Justice Web site at http://www.justice.gov/ . The letter notes the challenges facing federal sentencing and corrections policy and, in a section...

... the development of a "more robust substantive appellate review." © 2011 Vera Institute of Justice U.S. Sentencing Commission Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security child pornography production child pornography possession federal sentencing Federal Sentencing reporter Vol . 24...