June 2023
Sample of Public Comment Received on Retroactivity
Sample of Public Comment Received on Retroactivity
88 FR 28254
The Commission reviews and catalogs all public comment submissions for future reference and official recordkeeping purposes. A representative sample of public comment is carefully selected, redacted, and posted online to provide the public with the kind of information considered by the Commissioners during their deliberations.
In May 2023, the Commission requested comment on whether Parts A and B of Amendment 8, relating to the impact of “status points” at §4A1.1 (Criminal History Category) and offenders with zero criminal history points at new §4C1.1 (Adjustment for Certain Zero-Point Offenders), should be included in subsection (d) of §1B1.10 (Reduction in Term of Imprisonment as a Result of Amended Guideline Range (Policy Statement)) as an amendment that may be applied retroactively to previously sentenced defendants. The Compilation of Public Comment is available below.
Comment by Submitter
- Joint Letter from United States Senators Richard J. Durbin, Cory A. Booker, and Mazie K. Hirono, Senate Committee on the Judiciary [5]
- Committee on Criminal Law of the Judicial Conference of the United States [9]
- Joint Letter from United States District Judges, Eastern District of Missouri [Letter]
- United States District Judge Micaela Alvarez, Southern District of Texas [27]
- United States District Judge Kathleen Cardone, Western District of Tennessee [28]
- United States District Judge Benita Pearson, Northern District of Ohio [29]
- United States District Judge Stephanie Rose, Southern District of Iowa [30]
- United States Chief District Judge Patrick J. Schiltz, District of Minnesota [Letter]
- United States District Judge Leonard Strand, Northern District of Iowa [31]
- United States District Judge C.J. Williams, Northern District of Iowa [32]
- United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division [33]
- Federal Public and Community Defenders [43]
- Practitioners Advisory Group [58]
- Probation Officers Advisory Group [68]
- Tribal Issues Advisory Group [79]
- Victims Advisory Group [83]
- Conservative Political Action Coalition [93]
- Fairmount Baptist Church [96]
- Families Against Mandatory Minimums [97]
- FWD.us [105]
- H.O.T. Hear Our Tears [113]
- Illinois Alliance for Reentry & Justice [114]
- Justice Advocacy Group, LLC [115]
- Kingdom Towers Estates, Inc. [116]
- Life After Release [117]
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers [118]
- National Center on Sexual Exploitation [124]
- Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts [126]
- Oregon CURE [127]
- Productive Offenders of Society [129]
- Traffick Refuge [131]
- U.S. Probation Office of the Middle District of Florida [132]
- U.S. Probation Office of the Southern District of New York [138]
- University of Minnesota Law School Clemency Project [140]
- David Ashkenaze, M.D. [148]
- Brian Aus, Attorney at Law [149]
- Donald Bailey, Attorney at Law [150]
- Maria Barnes, Attorney at Law [151]
- Valena Beety, Attorney at Law [152]
- Henry Beun, Religious Leader [153]
- Carolyn Blue, Religious Leader [154]
- John Brocard, Attorney at Law [155]
- Michael Cohen, Religious Leader [156]
- Sandra Collins, Attorney at Law [157]
- Susan Conforti, Religious Leader [158]
- Joseph Cragian, Law Enforcement [159]
- Augustine David, Religious Leader [160]
- Sakinah Davis, Professor/Researcher [161]
- Kimberly Decker, Paralegal [162]
- Pastor Kenneth Fechner, Religious Leader [163]
- Diane Fischer, Attorney at Law [165]
- Antonio Grace, Religious Leader[166]
- George Hall, Professor/Researcher [167]
- Allen Hardy, Religious Leader [168]
- Arthur Immerman, Religious Leader [169]
- Jeffrey Ingram, Religious Leader [170]
- Jeffrey S. Jacobovitz, Attorney at Law [171]
- Richard Keller, Religious Leader [173]
- Christopher Kozak, Attorney at Law [175]
- Tamara Kurfiss, Registered Nurse [176]
- Christine Lamonica, Professor/Researcher [177]
- Erik Larsen, Religious Leader [178]
- Bishop Joseph Mcneal, Religious Leader [179]
- Suzanne Miles, Professor/Researcher [180]
- Miguel Miranda, Religious Leader [181]
- Sean More, Inmate Outreach [182]
- Michael Morisi, Religious Leader [183]
- John Muhammad, Law Enforcement [184]
- Roger Munchian, Rescued Not Arrested [185]
- Joseph Parampathu, Professor/Researcher [187]
- Jayson Peppas, Law Enforcement [190]
- Nora Privitera, Attorney at Law [191]
- Suzanne Ramos, Religious Leader [192]
- T. Rawlings, Religious Leader [193]
- Kristin Reed, Professor/Researcher [194]
- Bonnie River, Professor/Researcher [195]
- Thomas Ruby, Attorney at Law [196]
- Zamle Samo, Professor/Researcher [197]
- Kevin Scott, Religious Leader [198]
- Clarence Smith, Religious Leader [199]
- Reverend Tammy Smith, Religious Leader [200]
- David Solomon, Religious Leader [201]
- Elizabeth Stanley, Court Administrator [202]
- Louise Stark, Attorney at Law [203]
- Dana Vaughan, Mental Health Specialist [204]
- Roger Vaughn, Religious Leader [205]
- Melissa Whatley, Professor/Researcher [206]
- Pandora Withers, Attorney at Law [207]
- Alberta Wynne, Religious Leader [208]
- Arshak Zakarian, Attorney at Law [209]
- Sample Citizen Letters [210, 212, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 222, 224, 225, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 252, 254, 256, 257, 258, 259, 262, 263, 264, 266, 267, 268, 269, 271]