August 2023
Sample of Public Comment Received on
Proposed Priorities
Sample of Public Comment Received on
Proposed Priorities
88 FR 39907
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View submissions by proposed priority:
- Bureau of Prisons Practices
- Alternatives to Incarceration and Court Diversion Programs
- Simplification/Structural Reform
- Case Law Relating to Guideline Commentary
- Career Offender Guideline/Categorical Approach
- Youthful Offenders
- Crime Legislation
- Circuit Conflicts
- Miscellaneous Guideline Application Issues
- Research Topics
- Other Suggested Priorities
Proposed Priority No. 1 – Bureau of Prisons Practices
- United States Magistrate Judge Veronica Duffy, District of South Dakota [37]
- United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division [38]
- Federal Public and Community Defenders [64]
- Practitioners Advisory Group [95]
- Probation Officers Advisory Group [97]
- Tribal Issues Advisory Group [107]
- Victims Advisory Group [112]
- FAMM [142]
- Middle Ground Prison Reform [149]
- Pennsylvania Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws [178]
- The Sentencing Project [190]
- United Voices for Sex Offense Reform [233]
- Victoria Blanco, Professor/Researcher [256]
- Gary Devine, Religious Leader [257]
- Deborah Newman, Religious Leader [265]
- William Swor, Attorney at Law [267]
- Sample Citizen Letters [273, 275, 287, 302, 305, 314, 317, 320, 321, 324, 327, 329, 330, 333, 340, 342, 343, 347, 349, 351, 354, 357, 359, 401, 402, 413, 415, 416, 417, 418, 421, 438, 443, 444, 447, 448]
Proposed Priority No. 2 – Alternatives to Incarceration and Court Diversion Programs
- Committee on Criminal Law of the Judicial Conference of the United States [9]
- United States District Judge Stephen R. Bough, Western District of Missouri [12]
- United States District Judge Dolly M. Gee, Central District of California [32]
- United States Magistrate Judge Veronica Duffy, District of South Dakota [37]
- United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division [38]
- Federal Public and Community Defenders [64]
- Practitioners Advisory Group [95]
- Probation Officers Advisory Group [97]
- Tribal Issues Advisory Group [107]
- Victims Advisory Group [112]
- Joint Letter from Aleph Institute and Center for Justice and Human Dignity [118]
- FAMM [142]
- Muslim Legal Fund of America [150]
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers [167]
- Pennsylvania Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws [178]
- Project Crimson Flower [188]
- The Sentencing Project [190]
- Tzedek Association [195]
- United Voices for Sex Offense Reform [233]
- Victoria Blanco, Professor/Researcher [256]
- Gary Devine, Religious Leader [257]
- Susan Lea, Attorney at Law [259]
- Dianne Post, Attorney at Law[266]
- William Swor, Attorney at Law [267]
- G. D’Anne Weise, Professor/Researcher [268]
- Melissa Whatley, Professor/Researcher [270]
- Sample Citizen Letters [302, 317, 321, 344, 346, 347, 359, 364, 401, 421, 448, 461]
Proposed Priority No. 3 – Simplification/Structural Reform
- Committee on Criminal Law of the Judicial Conference of the United States [9]
- United States Magistrate Judge Veronica Duffy, District of South Dakota [37]
- United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division [38]
- Federal Public and Community Defenders [64]
- Probation Officers Advisory Group [97]
- Tribal Issues Advisory Group [107]
- Victims Advisory Group [112]
- Joint Letter from Aleph Institute and Center for Justice and Human Dignity [118]
- Autism Connection of Pennsylvania [130]
- FAMM [142]
- Pennsylvania Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws [178]
- Tzedek Association [195]
- United Voices for Sex Offense Reform [233]
- Victoria Blanco, Professor/Researcher [256]
- Gary Devine, Religious Leader [257]
- Ronald Martin, Religious Leader [260]
- William Swor, Attorney at Law [267]
- G. D’Anne Weise, Professor/Researcher [268]
- Melissa Whatley, Professor/Researcher [270]
- Sample Citizen Letters [280, 285, 296, 306, 317, 457]
Proposed Priority No. 4 – Case Law Relating to Guideline Commentary
- United States Magistrate Judge Veronica Duffy, District of South Dakota [37]
- United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division [38]
- Victoria Blanco, Professor/Researcher [256]
- Frank Inserni-Milam, Attorney at Law [258]
- Sample Citizen Letters [277, 299, 302, 337, 368, 457]
Proposed Priority No. 5 – Career Offender Guideline/Categorical Approach
- United States Magistrate Judge Veronica Duffy, District of South Dakota [37]
- United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division [38]
- Federal Public and Community Defenders [64]
- Probation Officers Advisory Group [97]
- Muslim Legal Fund of America [150]
- The Sentencing Project [190]
- Tzedek Association [195]
- Victoria Blanco, Professor/Researcher [256]
- Sample Citizen Letters [274, 276, 278, 285, 294, 297, 304, 316, 326, 333, 340, 365, 367 400, 403, 410, 440, 441]
Proposed Priority No. 6 – Youthful Offenders
- United States Magistrate Judge Veronica Duffy, District of South Dakota [37]
- Federal Public and Community Defenders [64]
- Practitioners Advisory Group [95]
- Probation Officers Advisory Group [97]
- Tribal Issues Advisory Group [107]
- Victims Advisory Group [112]
- FAMM [142]
- Muslim Legal Fund of America [150]
- The Sentencing Project [190]
- Victoria Blanco, Professor/Researcher [256]
- Susan Lea, Attorney at Law [259]
- Sample Citizen Letters [310, 317, 319, 356, 367, 399, 461, 468]
Proposed Priority No. 7 – Crime Legislation
- United States Magistrate Judge Veronica Duffy, District of South Dakota [37]
- Tzedek Association [195]
- United States Anti-Doping Agency [226]
- Douglas A’Hern, Attorney at Law [254]
- Victoria Blanco, Professor/Researcher [256]
- Frank Inserni-Milam, Attorney at Law [258]
- Sample Citizen Letter [421]
Proposed Priority No. 8 – Circuit Conflicts
- United States Magistrate Judge Veronica Duffy, District of South Dakota [37]
- Probation Officers Advisory Group [97]
- Joint Letter from Aleph Institute and Center for Justice and Human Dignity [118]
- Muslim Legal Fund of America [150]
- Sample Citizen Letters [373, 412]
Proposed Priority No. 9 – Miscellaneous Guideline Application Issues
- United States Magistrate Judge Veronica Duffy, District of South Dakota [37]
- United States Department of Justice, National Security Division & United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security [55]
- National Archives and Records Administration [58]
- Federal Public and Community Defenders [64]
- Probation Officers Advisory Group [97]
- Autism Connection of Pennsylvania [130]
- Coalition for Civil Freedoms [136]
- Muslim Legal Fund of America [150]
- Pennsylvania Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws [178]
- Tzedek Association [195]
- United States Anti-Doping Agency [226]
- Victoria Blanco, Professor/Researcher [256]
- Ronald Martin, Religious Leader [260]
- Sample Citizen Letters [302, 308, 313, 403, 421, 437, 439, 453, 464]
Proposed Priority No. 10 – Research Topics
- United States Magistrate Judge Veronica Duffy, District of South Dakota [37]
- United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division [38]
- Practitioners Advisory Group [95]
- Probation Officers Advisory Group [97]
- Joint Letter from Aleph Institute and Center for Justice and Human Dignity [118]
- Muslim Legal Fund of America [150]
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers [167]
- Pennsylvania Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws [178]
- United Voices for Sex Offense Reform [233]
- Victoria Blanco, Professor/Researcher [256]
- Susan Lea, Attorney at Law [259]
- Melissa Whatley, Professor/Researcher [270]
- Sample Citizen Letters [283, 284, 304, 323, 333, 338, 342, 343, 347, 348, 350, 362, 398 416, 439, 442 446, 463]
Proposed Priority No. 11 – Other Suggested Priorities
- United States Magistrate Judge Veronica Duffy, District of South Dakota [37]
- United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division [38]
- United States Department of Justice, National Security Division & United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security [55]
- National Archives and Records Administration [58]
- Federal Public and Community Defenders [64]
- Practitioners Advisory Group [95]
- Probation Officers Advisory Group [97]
- Victims Advisory Group [112]
- Joint Letter from Aleph Institute and Center for Justice and Human Dignity [118]
- Autism Connection of Pennsylvania [130]
- FAMM [142]
- Muslim Legal Fund of America [150]
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers [167]
- The Sentencing Project [190]
- Tzedek Association [195]
- United States Anti-Doping Agency [226]
- United Voices for Sex Offense Reform [233]
- Douglas A'Hern, Attorney at Law [254]
- Frank Inserni-Milam, Attorney at Law [258]
- Susan Lea, Attorney at Law [259]
- Ronald Martin, Religious Leader [260]
- Sample Citizen Letters [279, 281, 282, 284, 295, 298, 300, 301, 307, 309, 311, 319, 321, 329, 331, 335, 338, 341, 342, 347, 349, 359, 362, 366, 369, 403, 411, 413, 416, 423, 448, 453, 459, 461, 464, 469]