Notice of Public Hearing
February 7, 2005
Pursuant to rules 3.2 and 3.4 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure of the United States Sentencing Commission, the following public hearing and meeting are scheduled:
(1) Public Meeting – Tuesday, February 15, 2005 at 1:30 p.m.
(2) Public Hearing - Tuesday, February 15, 2005 at 2:00 p.m.
(3) Public Hearing – Wednesday, February 16, 2005 at 9:30 a.m.
The public meeting and hearing will be held in the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, One Columbus Circle, N.E., Washington., in the Judicial Conference Center (South Lobby, 1st Floor).
The purpose of the public meeting is to conduct the following business:
Report of the Chair
Minutes
Possible Vote to Publish Proposed Amendments/Issues for Comment
Antitrust
Identity Theft
Miscellaneous Amendments
The purpose of the public hearing, entitled "U.S. v. Booker/Fanfan and the Impact on Federal Sentencing", is for the Commission to gather testimony from invited witnesses on the present and potential future effect of the Supreme Court’s decision on the federal criminal justice community.
Materials generated by the public hearing and meeting will be available at the Commission's website (http://www.ussc.gov/meeting.htm) or from the Commission (202/502-4590).
Public Hearing Agenda
Day One: February 15, 2005
Tuesday, February 15 — 2:00 p.m.
Introductory Remarks — 2:00 p.m.
Honorable Ricardo H. Hinojosa
Chair, United States Sentencing Commission
Panel One
A View From The Judiciary
Honorable Thomas F. Hogan
Chief United States District Judge, District of District of ColumbiaHonorable Lawrence Piersol
Chief United States District Judge, District of South Dakota
Chair, Federal Judges Association
Panel Two
A View from the Judiciary
Honorable Paul G. Cassell
United States District Judge, District of UtahHonorable Lynn S. Adelman
United States District Judge, Eastern District of WisconsinHonorable Richard G. Kopf
United States District Judge, District of Nebraska
Q&A
Panel Three
Advocacy Groups
Mary Price
Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM)Collene Campbell
Memory Of Victims Everywhere (MOVE)
Q&A
Panel Four
A View From Academia
Paul Rosenzweig
Senior Legal Research Fellow, The Heritage Foundation
Adjunct Professor, George Mason University School of LawDouglas A. Berman
Professor, Michael E. Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University
Q&A
Adjourn
Day Two: Wednesday, February 16— 9:30 a.m.
Introductory Remarks
Honorable Ricardo H. Hinojosa
Chair, United States Sentencing Commission
Panel One
A Look at State Guideline Systems
Lyle Yurko
Member, North Carolina Sentencing Commission
Kim S. Hunt
Director, District of Columbia Sentencing CommissionDaniel F. Wilhelm
Director, State Sentencing and Corrections Program, Vera Institute of JusticeMark Bergstrom
Executive Director, Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing
Q&A
Panel Two
Booker and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines
Bruce Fein
Bruce Fein & Associates and The Lichfield GroupStephen A. Saltzburg
Professor, George Washington University School of Law
ABA Criminal Justice SectionDaniel P. Collins
Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson
Q&A
Panel Three
A View From The Defense Bar
Jon M. Sands
Federal Public Defender for the District of Arizona
Chair, Federal Defender Guideline Committee
Amy Baron-Evans
Co-chair, Practitioners Advisory Group
Dwyer & Collora, LLPCarmen Hernandez
Second Vice President, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Q&A
Panel Four
A View From Law Enforcement
Robert McCampbell
United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma
Chair, Attorney General Advisory Sub-Committee on Sentencing
United States Department of Justice
Q&A
Adjourn