U. S. Sentencing Commission
2006 Annual Report

 

Table of Contents

U.S. Sentencing Commission - Year In Review
 
Chapter One - Commission Overview
Introduction
A Brief History of Federal Sentencing Reform
Agency Overview
Commissioners
Organization
Staffing
Budget and Expenditures
Chapter Two - The Sentencing Guidelines
Guideline Amendments
    Amendments Promulgated
      Amendments in Response to Congressional Directives and Enacted
      Legislation
      Other Promulgated Amendments
  Policy Issues
Terrorism
Firearms
Compassionate Release
Crime Victims’ Act
Steroids
Guideline Application Issues
Immigration
Intellectual Property
Miscellaneous Laws
  Advisory Groups
Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group
Assistance to Congress
Chapter Three - Legal Issues
Introduction
U.S. Supreme Court Decisions on Sentencing Issues
Decisions
Petitions for Certiorari Granted
Decisions of the United States Courts of Appeals
Calculating the Guideline Range
Motions for Guideline Departures
Reasonableness Review
Chapter Four - Guideline Training and Education
Internet Web Site
Public Information
Publications and Training Materials
Training
Training New Appointees
Fifteenth Annual National Seminar on Federal Sentencing Guidelines
Circuit and District-Based Guideline Education
Organizational Guidelines Training
"High-Tech" Approaches to Training
HelpLine
Temporary Assignment Programs
Chapter Five - Research
Statutory Requirements
Document Submission
Data Collection
Data Collection Issues
Summary of 2006 Findings
Sentencing Individual Offenders
Offender Characteristics
Guideline Cases
Guideline Application
Sentences Within the Guideline Range and Outside the Range
Drug Cases
Immigration Cases
Organizational Sentencing Practices
Changes from Prior Annual Reports
Offense Characteristics
Offender Characteristics
Sanctions Imposed
Appeals Data
Summary of Information Received
Issues and Guidelines Appealed
Reasonableness
Overall Offense and Offender Characteristics
Data Analyses for the Courts and Congress