Recidivism

On June 21, 2024, the Federal Public and Community Defenders submitted its comment to the USSG Commission advocating in favor of the retroactive application of 2024 Amendment 1 (Acquitted Conduct), Part A of Amendment 3 (§2K2.1(b)(4)(B) enhancement), Part B of Amendment 3 (Grouping: §2K2.4, application note 4), and Part D of Amendment 5 (§2D1.1(a)(1)–(4) enhanced base offense levels).

Defender witnesses submitted written testimony on additional proposed guideline amendments:  l

The Federal Public and Community Defenders submitted comments on proposed amendments regarding acqu

The Federal Public & Community Defenders submitted to the Sentencing Commission our comment regarding the Commission's proposed priorities for the 2023-2024 amendment cycle. 

The Federal Public & Community Defenders submitted to the Sentencing Commission their comment regarding the retroactivity of Parts A and B of the Criminal History Amendment.

The Federal Public and Community Defenders have submitted our comments on all of the Sentencing Commission's proposed amendments for this amendment cycle. It turns out that we have a lot to say!

Defender witnesses submitted written testimony on many additional guideline amendments that are the subject of hearings to be held March 7-8, 2023 before the Sentencing Commission: criminal history, career offender, firearm offenses, circuit splits (acceptance of responsibility and controlled substance offense), legal changes brought by the First Step Act of 2018, and counterfeit pills.

The Federal Sentencing Reporter has published Limitations of the Commission’s 'Length of Incarceration and Recidivism' Report (2022), by Allison L. Bruning (SRC) and Tina M. Woehr (SRC) in the October 2022 issue (volume 35, issue 1).