I spoke with my b/f a few hours ago and he mentioned something about re-writing the federal sentencing guidelines. He said they were planning on re-writing them by then end of this year...has anyone heard of anything like this? I'm still new to all this, but if someone can help me with this, I would really appreciate it!! Thanks!!

You'll find many posts in the federal forum about what's going on with the federal sentencing guidelines... It's still in the courts and a decision is supposed to be happening soon...

Deb

This week I saw several references to the Sentencing Commission meeting to anticipate revisions if the Supreme Court makes significant changes after Blakely. I didn't pay close attention since everybody has been in limbo since June. I will post when i find another reference.

Basically the system is in chaos, but it doesn't mean everybody will get relief or that anybody will get relief. Time will tell.

Bremda

You'll find many posts in the federal forum about what's going on with the federal sentencing guidelines... It's still in the courts and a decision is supposed to be happening soon...

Deb

I have on good authority that we will be seeing early next week the US Sentencing Commission's long awaited "15 year report." I know the USSC has been working very hard on this project for a number of years, and the report should be chock-full of data and analysis of the pre-Blakely state of federal sentencing. And I expect that the information and conclusions from the Commission’s comprehensive pre-Blakely assessment of the operation and efficacies of the federal guidelines should be of enormous value to everyone contemplating the post-Blakely direction of federal sentencing reforms.

In addition, I was also giddy to hear from a very trustworthy source that the USSC may also try to release this month, perhaps even before Thanksgiving, some of the preliminary data the USSC has collected concerning the post-Blakely state of federal sentencing. I am both amazed and very gratified to learn that we may possibly see this data within a matter of weeks.

This was taken from the Sencencing Law and Policy Webpage.