Only three weeks now to US Sentencing Commission’s first public hearing on its proposed guideline amendments
My long-standard status as a sentencing nerd is surely be debate, but I can make the case again when I admit that I got more than a bit giddy upon seeing this official notice from the US Sentencing Commission announcing its “Public Hearing on Proposed Amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.” Here are the deets:
Pursuant to Rule 3.2 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure of the United States Sentencing Commission, a public hearing is scheduled for Thursday, February 23 and Friday, February 24, 2023 to commence at 9:00 a.m. (ET) on both days.
The public hearing will be held in the Mecham Conference Center in the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, One Columbus Circle, NE, Washington, DC. The hearing will be streamed live below.
The purpose of the public hearing is for the Commission to receive testimony on proposed amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines related to Compassionate Release, Sexual Abuse of a Ward, and Acquitted Conduct.
Because there are many more issues covered in the USSC’s proposed amendments, and because the comment period runs through mid-March, I suspect these scheduled two days of public hearings are just the first of what may be a series of hearings. How exciting.
A few of many prior recent related posts:
- At long last, we have a fully loaded USSC: Senate confirms all seven of Prez Biden’s nominees to Sentencing Commission
- US Sentencing Commission reports receiving “more than 8,000 public comment submissions pertaining to proposed priorities”
- US Sentencing Commission finalizes its policy priorities for for the 2022-2023 amendment year
- Latest issues of FSR providing new advice to a new US Sentencing Commission (and lots more)
- Gearing up for a new federal sentencing year that might finally bring some new guideline amendments
- Timely new CRS review of US Sentencing Commission’s guideline amendment process and plans
- US Sentencing Commissions publishes proposed guideline amendments and issues for comment