9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Aug. 2, 2023
US Sentencing Commission is ‘back’, and pushing for reforms
One amendment is a hotly disputed proposal to allow judges to release prisoners early if the law changed since they were incarcerated in the first place.
PORTLAND, Oregon – The U.S. Sentencing Commission, stymied by the absence of a quorum since January 2019, is “back in business” and pushing forward changes to the law, U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves of the Southern District of Mississippi, and the current chairman of the commission, told the 9th Circuit Judicial Conference on Tuesday.
During a conversation with the commission’s former chairman, Senior U.S. District Judge Charles R. B...
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