Sentencing: Amendment 821

Amendment 821, made retroactive by the Sentencing Commission, in part “limits the overall criminal history impact of ‘status points’ (i.e., the additional criminal history points given to defendants for the fact of having committed the instant offense while under a criminal justice sentence, including probation, parole, supervised release, imprisonment, work release, or escape status).”

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