Public Hearing - March 14, 2012

 

 

Public Hearing on Proposed Amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines

Washington, DC

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

8:30 a.m.– 3:30 p.m.

 

Notice

Pursuant to Rule 3.2 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure of the United States Sentencing Commission, a public hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, March 14, 2012, from 8:30 a.m.– 3:30 p.m.

The public hearing will be held in the Federal Judicial Center, Classrooms A, B, and C, on the concourse level of the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, One Columbus Circle, N.E., Washington, DC.

The purpose of the public hearing is for the Commission to gather testimony from invited witnesses on proposed amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines.

Transcript

8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Opening Remarks   (8:30 a.m.)

Panel I    Dodd-Frank Act/Fraud Offenses   (8:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.)

John Buretta
Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division
Department of Justice

Kathryn Nester
Federal Public Defender
District of Utah

David Debold
Chair
Practitioners Advisory Group

Marjorie Peerce
New York Council of Defense Lawyers
New York, New York

Panel II    Dodd-Frank Act/Fraud Offenses (cont.)   (10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.)

Samuel Buell
Professor of Law
Duke University School of Law
Durham, North Carolina

Sara Stephens
President
Appraisal Institute
Chicago, Illinois

David Howell
Executive Vice President & Chief Information Officer
McEnearney Associates Inc., Realtors
McLean, Virginia

Teresa Brantley
Chair
Probation Officers Advisory Group

Break   

Panel III    Human Rights Offenses   (11:15 a.m. - Noon)

Amy Pope
Deputy Chief of Staff & Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division
Department of Justice

Melanie Morgan
Morgan Pilate, LLC
Olathe, Kansas

Lunch    (Noon - 1:00 p.m.)

Panel IV    Drugs/BZP Offenses   (1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.)

Scott Masumoto
Assistant Special Agent in Charge
Washington Division
Drug Enforcement Administration

Michael Baumann, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist
Intramural Research Program
National Institute of Drug Abuse

Penny Beardslee
Deputy Federal Public Defender
Eastern District of Michigan

Break   

Panel V    Miscellaneous Proposed Amendments   (2:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.)

Tristram Coffin
United States Attorney
District of Vermont

Marjorie Meyers
Federal Public Defender
Southern District of Texas

David Debold
Chair
Practitioners Advisory Group

Teresa Brantley
Chair
Probation Officers Advisory Group

Adjourn    (3:30 p.m.)


Additional Submission for the Record

Susan Howley
Chair
Victims Advisory Group