Federal sentencing revision: hearings before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, second session, on H.R. 2013, H.R. 3128, H.R. 4554, and H.R. 4827 ....U.S. Government Printing Office, 1987 |
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appeal of sentence appellate review attorneys BAER bill Board of Imprisonment Bureau of Prisons Burglary Chairman charge circumstances committed conviction CONYERS corrections officer crime criminal justice system CURTIS decision defendant defendant's discretion Effective date-1983 factors federal sentencing felony forecast GEKAS going guideline range guidelines system incarceration inmate population institutional jail John Conyers judiciary legislation legislature MALENG mandatory sentencing maximum months Norm Maleng offender's parole board percent person plea agreement plea bargaining presentence reports presumptive sentence prior prison overcrowding prison population prison terms problems programs proposed prosecuting prosecutor punishment purposes of sentencing reasons recommend reduce rehabilitation release date result sentence imposed sentence range Sentencing Commission Sentencing Guidelines Commission sentencing judge sentencing laws sentencing practices Sentencing Reform Act sentencing system serious served subcommittee tencing testimony tion total confinement treatment U.S. attorneys U.S. Parole Commission unwarranted disparity Vehicular Homicide violent
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