August 2018
Public Comment on Proposed Priorities
83 FR 30477

Priority #1 – Simplification

Committee on Criminal Law of the Judicial Conference
Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group
FAMM
Joint Letter: The Leadership Conference, American Civil Liberties Union, The Sentencing Project, Human Rights Watch, Drug Policy Alliance
Sample Citizen Letters

Priority #2 – Synthetic Drugs—Organizational

Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group
Joint Letter: The Leadership Conference, American Civil Liberties Union, The Sentencing Project, Human Rights Watch, Drug Policy Alliance

Priority #3 – Career Offender

Committee on Criminal Law of the Judicial Conference of the United States
U.S. Department of Justice
Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group
Victims Advisory Group
Caution Click National Campaign for Reform
FAMM
Joint Letter: The Leadership Conference, American Civil Liberties Union, The Sentencing Project, Human Rights Watch, Drug Policy Alliance
Sample Citizen Letters

Priority #4 – Mandatory Minimums

Committee on Criminal Law of the Judicial Conference of the United States
U.S. Department of Justice
Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group
Victims Advisory Group
American Bar Association
Caution Click National Campaign for Reform
FAMM
Joint Letter: The Leadership Conference, American Civil Liberties Union, The Sentencing Project, Human Rights Watch, Drug Policy Alliance
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Timothy P., Retired Law Enforcement Officer
Sample Citizen Letters

Priority #5 – Recidivism

U.S. Department of Justice
Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group
Tribal Issues Advisory Group
Caution Click National Campaign for Reform
Joint Letter: The Leadership Conference, American Civil Liberties Union, The Sentencing Project, Human Rights Watch, Drug Policy Alliance
Sample Citizen Letters

Priority #6 – Legislation Implementation

Committee on Criminal Law of the Judicial Conference of the United States

Priority #7 – Chapter Four

U.S. Department of Justice
Federal Public and Community Defenders
Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group
Victims Advisory Group
FAMM
Joint Letter: The Leadership Conference, American Civil Liberties Union, The Sentencing Project, Human Rights Watch, Drug Policy Alliance
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Sample Citizen Letters

Priority #8 – Circuit Conflicts

U.S. Department of Justice
Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group
William Mallory Kent, Kent & McFarland Attorneys At Law

Priority #9 – Miscellaneous

Committee on Criminal Law of the Judicial Conference of the United States
U.S. Department of Justice
Federal Public and Community Defenders
Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group
Tribal Issues Advisory Group
Victims Advisory Group
American Bar Association
American Conservative Union Foundation
Caution Click National Campaign for Reform
FAMM
Joint Letter: Justice Strategies, et al.
Joint Letter: The Leadership Conference, American Civil Liberties Union, The Sentencing Project, Human Rights Watch, Drug Policy Alliance
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
New York Initiative for Children of Incarcerated Parents
Special Project for Families with Incarcerated Loved Ones
WE GOT US NOW
Virginia Mata, U.S. Probation Officer
Timothy P., Ret. Law Enforcement Officer
Sample Citizen Letters