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The Administrative Office of the United States Courts
James C. Duff, Director
John M.Hughes, Assistant Director
Office of Probation and Pretrial Services
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ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Special Advisor
Merrill A. Smith
Members
Dan Richard Beto
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, Texas
Loren Buddress
Chief Probation Officer
San Mateo County, California
John W. Byrd
San Antonio, Texas
Honorable James G. Carr
United States District Court
Toledo, Ohio
Alvin W. Cohn
Administration of Justice Services, Inc.
Rockville, Maryland
Ronald P. Corbett, Jr.
Executive Director, Supreme Judicial Court
Boston, Massachusetts
Thomas Henry
Newark, New Jersey
Magdeline Jensen
United States Probation Office
Tucson, Arizona
Jolanta Juszkiewicz
American University
Washington, DC
Honorable David D. Noce
United States District Court
St. Louis, Missouri
James Byrne
University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Lowell, Massachusetts
Faye Taxman
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia