| U.S. Sentencing Commission
- Year In Review |
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| Chapter One - Commission
Overview |
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Introduction |
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A Brief History of Federal Sentencing Reform |
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Agency Overview |
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Commissioners |
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Organization |
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Staffing |
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Budget and Expenditures |
| Chapter Two -
The Sentencing Guidelines |
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Policy Issues |
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Crack Cocaine Amendment Retroactivity |
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Disaster Fraud |
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Alternatives to Incarceration |
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Animal Fighting |
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Court Security Improvement |
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Food and Drugs |
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Immigration |
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Amendments Promulgated |
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Assistance to Congress |
| Chapter Three
- Legal Issues |
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Introduction |
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United States Supreme Court Cases on Sentencing Issues |
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Decisions |
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Petitions for Certiorari Granted |
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Decisions of the United States Courts of Appeals |
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| Chapter Four - Guideline
Training and Education |
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Internet Web Site |
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Public Information |
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Publications and Training Materials |
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Training |
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Seventeenth Annual National Seminar on Federal Sentencing Guidelines |
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Organizational Guidelines Training |
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High-Tech Approaches to Training |
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HelpLine |
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Calls Received in 2008 |
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Temporary Assignment Programs |
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| Chapter Five
- Research |
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Statutory Requirements |
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Document Submission |
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Data Collection |
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Data Collection Issues |
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Summary of 2008 Findings |
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Sentencing Individual Offenders |
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Offender Characteristics |
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Guideline Cases |
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Guideline Application |
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Sentences Within the Guideline Range and Outside the Range |
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Drug Cases |
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Immigration Cases |
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Organizational Sentencing Practices |
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Changes from Prior Annual Reports |
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Offense Characteristics |
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Offender Characteristics |
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Sanctions Imposed |
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Appeals Data |
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Summary of Information Received |
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Issues and Guidelines Appealed |
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Reasonableness |
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Overall Offense and Offender Characteristics |
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Data on Resentencing and Other Modifications of Sentence |
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Data Analyses for the Courts and Congress |