Public Hearing - March 7-8, 2023

 

Public Hearing on Proposed Amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines

Tuesday, March 7, 2023 and Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Washington, DC
 

 

Notice

Pursuant to Rule 3.2 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure of the United States Sentencing Commission, a public hearing was scheduled for Tuesday, March 7 and Wednesday, March 8, 2023 to commence at 9:00 a.m. (ET) on both days.

The public hearing was held in the Commissioners Conference Room in Suite 2-500 of the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, One Columbus Circle, NE, Washington, DC.

The purpose of the public hearing is for the Commission to receive testimony on proposed amendments related to Firearms, Fake Pills and the First Step Act-Drug Offenses, Circuit Conflicts, Career Offender, and Criminal History.

The hearing was livestreamed. 

Day 1 Transcript
Day 2 Transcript

Agenda and Witnesses
 

March 7, 2023
9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Opening Remarks

Hon. Carlton W. Reeves (9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.)
Chair, U.S. Sentencing Commission

 

Proposed Amendment on Firearms

Panel I. Executive Branch Perspective (9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.)

Hon. Gary Restaino
U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona
U.S. Department of Justice

Panel II. Federal Public Defender Perspective (9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.)

Leslie E. Scott
National Sentencing Resource Counsel
Federal Public and Community Defenders

Panel III. Advisory Groups’ Perspectives (10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.)

Marlo Cadeddu
Fifth Circuit Representative
Practitioners Advisory Group

Joshua Luria
Vice Chair
Probation Officers Advisory Group

Break (10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.)

Panel IV. Community Perspective (11:00 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.)

Rob Wilcox
Federal Legal Director
Everytown for Gun Safety
on behalf of the Zimroth Center/NYU Law Working Group

Proposed Amendment on Fake Pills and First Step Act – Drug Offenses

Panel V. Executive Branch Perspective (11:20 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.)

Hon. Carla Freedman
U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York
U.S. Department of Justice

Panel VI. Federal Public Defender Perspective (11:50 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.)

Michael Caruso
Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Florida
and Chair of the Federal Defender Sentencing Guidelines Committee

Panel VII. Advisory Groups’ Perspectives (12:20 p.m. – 12:50 p.m.)

Marlo Cadeddu
Fifth Circuit Representative
Practitioners Advisory Group

Jill Bushaw
Chair
Probation Officers Advisory Group

Lunch (12:50 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.)

Proposed Amendment on Circuit Conflicts

Panel VIII. Executive Branch Perspective (2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.)

Carmen Mitchell
Appellate Chief for the U. S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas
U.S. Department of Justice

Panel IX. Federal Public Defender Perspective (2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.)

Michael Caruso
Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Florida
and Chair of the Federal Defender Sentencing Guidelines Committee

Panel X. Advisory Groups’ Perspectives (3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.)

Marlo Cadeddu
Fifth Circuit Representative
Practitioners Advisory Group

Jill Bushaw
Chair
Probation Officers Advisory Group

Mary Graw Leary
Chair
Victims Advisory Group

Adjourn

 

 

March 8, 2023
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Opening Remarks

Hon. Carlton W. Reeves (9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.)
Chair, U.S. Sentencing Commission

 

Proposed Amendment on Career Offender

Panel I. Executive Branch Perspective (9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.)

Robert A. Zauzmer
Appellate Chief for the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. Department of Justice

Panel II. Federal Public Defender Perspective (9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.)

Juval Scott
Federal Public Defender
Western District of Virginia

Panel III. Advisory Groups’ Perspectives (10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.)

Hon. Ralph Erickson
Chair
Tribal Issues Advisory Group

Susan Lin
Third Circuit Representative
Practitioners Advisory Group

Joshua Luria
Vice Chair
Probation Officers Advisory Group

Break (11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.)

Proposed Amendment on Criminal History

Panel IV. Executive Branch Perspective (11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.)

Hon. Phillip A. Talbert
U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California
U.S. Department of Justice

Panel V. Federal Public Defender Perspective (11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.)

Jami Johnson
Assistant Federal Public Defender
Southern District of California

Panel VI. Advisory Groups’ Perspectives (12:15 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.)

Hon. Ralph Erickson
Chair
Tribal Issues Advisory Group

Susan Lin
Third Circuit Representative
Practitioners Advisory Group

Jill Bushaw
Chair
Probation Officers Advisory Group

Mary Graw Leary
Chair
Victims Advisory Group

Adjourn

 

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