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Comments to the Judicial Conference Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure regarding proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.
Letter to the Judicial Conference Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure regarding proposed changes to procedures in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
Letter to the Judicial Conference Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure regarding proposed changes to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and Federal Rules of Evidence.
Letter to the Judicial Conference Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure regarding proposed changes to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, except those related to criminal forfeiture.
Letter to members of the Judicial Conference regarding proposed changes to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure applicable to criminal forfeiture.
Letter to the Judicial Conference Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure regarding proposed changes to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure applicable to criminal forfeiture.
Letter to the Federal Bureau of Prisons general counsel regarding proposed sentencing reductions for medical reasons.
Testimony of member Kent Wicker to the U.S. Sentencing Commission regarding proposed amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines.
Statement to the U.S. Sentencing Commission regarding proposed amendments to sentencing guidelines.
NACDL President Irwin Schwartz's written testimony to the U.S. Sentencing Commission regarding proposed amendments to the sentencing guidelines.
NACDL President Jim Lavine's written statement to the U.S. Sentencing Commission regarding making permanent previous emergency amendments to the sentencing guidelines, and their applicability, related to the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010.
NACDL President Jim Lavine's written statement to the U.S. Sentencing Commission regarding amending the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (S. 1789) to apply retroactively to maintain fairness in sentencing application.
