The
United States Sentencing Commission is an independent agency in the
judicial branch. Its primary goals are to establish sentencing policies and
practices for the federal courts; to advise and assist Congress and the
executive branch with the development of crime policies; and to collect,
analyze and research an array of federal crime and sentencing issues.
Some resources on the USSC website are:
- The
Guidelines Newsletter provides information on Commission activities,
research findings, and proposed guideline amendments among other topics. The
newsletter is published periodically and is in a browseable format.
- You can obtain
federal sentencing statistics by state, district and circuit. The years
covered are 1995-2003. The statistics are in a browseable format.
- There is also a list with links to the full-text of
Federal Register Notices (1996-present) regarding proposed amendments,
requests for public comments, and public hearings of the Commission.
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