Public Comment from July 27, 2015

Public Comment Received on Proposed Priorities
(80 FR 36594)

Proposed Priority No. 1 - Mandatory Minimum Penalties

Department of Justice
Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group
Effective Altruism Policy Analytics
Families Against Mandatory Minimums
Sample Citizen Letters


Proposed Priority No. 2 - Structure of the Guidelines

Department of Justice
Federal Public and Community Defenders
Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group
Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth
Families Against Mandatory Minimums
Federal Bar Council
New York Council of Defense Lawyers


Proposed Priority No. 3 - Crime of Violence/Aggravated Felony/Drug Trafficking Offense

Department of Justice
Federal Public and Community Defenders
Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group
Families Against Mandatory Minimums
Johanna Markind, Esq.
Sample Citizen Letters


Proposed Priority No. 4 - Fair Sentencing Act Report


Proposed Priority No. 5 - Immigration

Department of Justice
Practitioners Advisory Group


Proposed Priority No. 6 - Recidivism

Practitioners Advisory Group
Effective Altruism Policy Analytics


Proposed Priority No. 7 - Probation and Supervised Release

Department of Justice
Federal Public and Community Defenders
Practitioners Advisory Group
Victims Advisory Group
Prisology
Johanna Markind, Esq.


Proposed Priority No. 8 - Child Pornography

Department of Justice
Practitioners Advisory Group
Victims Advisory Group
Effective Altruism Policy Analytics
Families Against Mandatory Minimums
Sample Citizen Letters


Proposed Priority No. 9 - Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act (“USA FREEDOM Act”) and Other Legislation

Department of Justice


Proposed Priority No. 10 - Animal Fighting

U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D), California
U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D), Vermont
U.S. Senator David Vitter (R), Louisiana
U.S. Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D), Oregon, 3rd District, and Mike Fitzpatrick (R), Pennsylvania, 8th District
U.S. Representative Tom Marino (R), Pennsylvania, 10th District
U.S. Representative James McGovern (D), Massachusetts, 2nd District
Chief Judge Michael J. Reagan, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois
Department of Justice
Probation Officers Advisory Group
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Animal Welfare Institute
Association of Prosecuting Attorneys
The Humane Society of the United States


Proposed Priority No. 11 - Circuit Conflicts

Department of Justice


Proposed Priority No. 12 - Miscellaneous

Department of Justice
Federal Public and Community Defenders
Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group
Victims Advisory Group
American Antitrust Institute
American Bar Association
American Bar Association, Section on Antitrust Law
Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth
Federal Bar Council
Prisology
Sample Citizen Letters