Public Comment in Response to April 25, 1986 Letter Requesting Comment on Offender Characteristics (Including Criminal History)

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Individual contributions to the entire document (fully searchable):

  • William W. Wilkins, Jr. Chairman, U.S. Sentencing Commission
  • The original letter prompting the following public comment:
  • Anthony S. Murry James Betro, Capital Legal Foundation
  • Patrick McAnany, Chair, Legislative Committee, American Probation Parole Association
  • Jane W. Parver, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays Handler
  • Donald Chamlee, Chief, Division of Probation
  • Joel Weber, U.S. Probation Officer
  • C. Raymond Marvin, National Association of Attorney General Washington D.C.
  • Tobin Sullivan, U.S. Probation Office, District of Columbia
  • William Beach, U.S. Probation Office, District of Nebraska
  • Macia G. Shein, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • Joseph L. Wiley, U.S. Probation Office, Northern District of Indiana
  • Robert L. Keuch, Executive Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Harrisburg, PA
  • Sherrill E. Edwards, President, The Fisher Institute
  • Frank A. Kaufman, Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
  • J. Warren Cassidy, Executive Director, National Rifle Association of America Institute for Legislative Action
  • Alvin B. Rubin, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
  • Paul H. Roney, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
  • Carol D. Erichsen, U.S. Probation Office, Western District of Michigan
  • Connie M. Roehrich, U.S. Probation Office, District of Minnesota
  • Frank H. Freedman, Judge, U.S. District Court, Springfield Massachusetts
  • John Rother, Director Legislation Research and Public Policy, AARP
  • Robert G. McCombs, U.S. Probation Office, Eastern District of Oklahoma
  • P.S. Hale, U.S. Probation Office, Eastern District of Virginia
  • John M. Shevlin, U.S. Probation Office, Southern District of Florida
  • Paul C. Kruger, Inmate
  • Vita Ostrander, President, AARP
  • Billy D. Maples, U.S. Probation Office, Western District of Louisiana
  • Frank Gilbert, U.S. Probation Office, District of Oregon
  • William O. Bertelsman, Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky
  • Eugene Mayhew, U.S. Probation Office, District of Delaware
  • Joseph H. Young, Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
  • Filemon B. Vela, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
  • Charles L. Clark, U.S. Probation Office, Western District of Missouri
  • Gerard L. Goettel, Judge, U.S. District Court, New York, New York
  • G. Fredrick Allen, U.S. Probation Office, Northern District of Illinois
  • Mary Ann Largen, Policy Analyst, National Network For Victims of Sexual Assault
  • Norman A. Carlson, Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Department of Justice
  • G. Ross Anderson, Jr., Judge, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina
  • Robert P. Longshore, U.S. Probation Office, Middle District of Alabama
  • John J. Cleary, Attorney at Law, Cleary Sevilla
  • John Charles Boger, NAACP Legal Defense Educational Fund, Inc.
  • Eugene E. Siler, Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western District of Kentucky
  • Warren K. Urbom, Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Nebreska
  • John R. Aman, U.S. Probation Office, Eastern District of North Carolina
  • Charles L. Stearns, Vice President, Federal Probation Officers Association
  • David E. Miller, U.S. Probation Office, Southern District of Ohio
  • W. Earl Britt, Judge, U.S. District Court, of North Carolina
  • Robert K. Sibille, U.S. Probation Office, Middle District of Louisiana
  • John B. Jocks, Coordinator, Community Corrections The Salvation Army, Texas Division
  • Mary Ann Talley, Public Defender, Office of Public Defender State of North Carolina
  • Charles Sullivan, Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants
  • Marti Rothenburg, Asst. Public Defender, Office of the Public Defender, Eleventh Circuit of Florida
  • Gedney M. Howe, III, Law Offices of Gedney M. Howe, III P.A.
  • Charlie E. Varnon, U.S. Probation Office, Eastern District of California
  • Jay Howell, Executive Director, National Center for Missing Exploited Children
  • Marion J. Callister, Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Idaho
  • John D. Powers, U.S. Probation Office, Middle District of Louisiana
  • L. William Yolton, Executive Director, National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors
  • Anthony P. Baca, U.S. Probation Office, District of New Mexico
  • William D. Graves, U.S. Probation Office, District of Colorado
  • Raymond Scheppach, Executive Director, National Governors’ Association
  • W. Stephen Townley, U.S. Probation Officer
  • Ritchie P. Tidwell, Director, State of South Carolina Office of the Governor
  • Frederick Rogers, U.S. Probation Officer
  • John A. Moccia, U.S. Probation Office, District of Hawaii
  • Charles Sullivan, Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (inmate letter)
  • Joan M. Medl, U.S. Probation Office, Eastern District of Michigan
  • James C. Cacheris, Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
  • Rory J. McMahon, Secretary, Federal Probation Officers Association
  • C. William VanScoy, U.S. Probation Office, District of Maryland
  • Jerald R. Vaughn, Executive Director, International Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc.
  • Thomas R. Brett, Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma
  • James F. Short, Center for Socio-Legal Studies
  • Michael Ebinger, U.S. Probation Office, Northern District of Iowa
  • Gerald J. Bonnafons, U.S. Probation Office, Eastern District of Louisiana
  • Richard A. Stacy, U.S. Attorney, District of Wyoming
  • Charles H. Turner, U.S. Attorney, District of Oregon
  • Joe B. Brown, U.S. Attorney, Middle District of Tennessee
  • Louis DeFalaise, U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Kentucky
  • Joe D. Whitley, U.S. Attorney, Middle District of Georgia
  • Robert G. Ulrich, Teletype to all U.S. Attorneys
  • Benjamin L. Burgess, Jr., U.S. Attorney, District of Kansas
  • Ronald D. Lahners, U.S. Attorney, District of Nebraska
  • Daniel Bent, U.S. Attorney, District of Hawaii
  • Stephen F. Conrad, U.S. Probation Office, Middle District of North Carolina
  • Paul D. Kamenar, Washington Legal Foundation
  • Mary Broderick, Director, National Legal Aid Defender Association