Media coverage of crack retroactivity hearing
How Appealing collects here some of the major media coverage of yesterday’s debate over retroactive application of the new crack guidelines before the US Sentencing Commission. This Washington Post piece provides this information about a likely timeline for the USSC’s decision:
The commission, comprising seven voting members appointed by President Bush and former president Bill Clinton, is scheduled to meet today, but a vote on retroaction is unlikely. Individuals familiar with the panel’s deliberations who spoke only after receiving a promise not to be identified said the commission is likely to vote on retroaction in January. A spokesman for the group declined to discuss its plans.
Meanwhile, this New York Sun piece suggests that Rudy Guiliani is against retroactivity, although it appears the paper is itself trying to drum up a controversy”
In response to a question from The New York Sun yesterday, Mr. Giuliani said he was not familiar with the details of the proposal, but added that his experience as a prosecutor made him wary of a surge of thousands of ex-offenders onto the streets.
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