October 2022
Public Comment on Proposed Priorities
87 FR 60438
Proposed Priority #1 - First Step Act/Compassionate Release
U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg, Northern District of Georgia
U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division
Federal Public Defenders
Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group
Victims Advisory Group (September 2022)
Victims Advisory Group (October 2022)
Center for Justice and Human Dignity
Drug Enforcement and Policy Center, Mortiz College of Law, The Ohio State University
Elevate USA
FAMM (September 2022)
FAMM (October 2022)
Girlfriends Who Inspire Change, LLC
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls
Towers for Change
Gunner Briscoe, Assistant Public Defender
Daniel P. Murphy, Attorney at Law
Jeffrey S. Stonebraker, Ph.D.
Erica Zunkel, Clinical Professor of Law; Maggie Wells, J.D. Candidate; and Jaden Lessnick, J.D. Candidate
Sample Citizen Letters
Proposed Priority #2 - First Step Act/Safety Valve
U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division
U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration
Federal Public Defenders
Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group
Tribal Issues Advisory Group
Drug Enforcement and Policy Center, Mortiz College of Law, The Ohio State University
FAMM (October 2022)
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Sample Citizen Letters
Proposed Priority #3 - Firearms Offenses
U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Deputy Attorney General
Federal Public Defenders
Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group
Victims Advisory Group (September 2022)
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence
Zimroth Center on the Administration of Criminal Law
John D. Olive, Sentencing Mitigation Expert
Sample Citizen Letters
Proposed Priority #4 - Circuit Conflicts
Federal Public Defenders
Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group
FAMM (October 2022)
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Gunner Briscoe, Assistant Public Defender
Chad Pennington, Deputy Federal Public Defender
Sample Citizen Letters
Proposed Priority #5 - New Legislation
U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division
Federal Public Defenders
Probation Officers Advisory Group
Tribal Issues Advisory Group
Proposed Priority #6 - Career Offender
U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division
Federal Public Defenders
Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group
Criminal Justice Legal Foundation
FAMM (October 2022)
John E. Jessee, Attorney at Law
John D. Olive, Sentencing Mitigation Expert
Sample Citizen Letters
Proposed Priority #7 - Criminal History
Federal Public Defenders
Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group
FAMM (October 2022)
John E. Jessee, Attorney at Law
Jeffrey S. Stonebraker, Ph.D.
Sample Citizen Letters
Proposed Priority #8 - 28 U.S.C. § 994(j)
Federal Public Defenders
Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group
Center for Justice and Human Dignity
Sample Citizen Letters
Proposed Priority #9 - Acquitted Conduct
Federal Public Defenders
Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group
FAMM (September 2022)
FAMM (October 2022)
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls
Gunner Briscoe, Assistant Public Defender
Aema Zaidi, J.D. Candidate; John N. Sharifi, Adjunct Professor and Lecturer of Law
Sample Citizen Letters
Proposed Priority #10 - Guidelines Commentary
U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division
Federal Public Defenders
Probation Officers Advisory Group
New Civil Liberties Alliance
Sample Citizen Letters
Proposed Priority #11 - Simplification
U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division
Federal Public Defenders
Probation Officers Advisory Group
Sample Citizen Letters
Proposed Priority #12 - Diversion/Alternatives to Incarceration Programs
U.S. Circuit and District Judges of the Seventh Circuit and Northern District of Illinois: Judges St. Eve and Rowland
U.S. District and Magistrate Judges of the Southern District of Florida: Judges Seitz, Williams, and Reid
U.S. District and Magistrate Judges of the Eastern District of New York: Judges Dearie, Mann, Donnelly, Azrack, Pollack, Seybert, Brown, and Wicks
U.S. District and Magistrate Judges of the Southern District of New York: Judges Abrams and Netburn
U.S. District Judge Bruce Howe Hendricks, District of South Carolina
U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill, District of Connecticut
Federal Public Defenders
Probation Officers Advisory Group
Center for Justice and Human Dignity
FAMM (October 2022)
National Association of Pretrial Services Agencies
National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls
Gunner Briscoe, Assistant Public Defender
Roberto Cordeiro, Chief U.S. Pretrial Services Officer
Amanda Garcia, Chief U.S. Pretrial Services Officer
Jesse Gomes, Chief U.S. Probation Officer
Sample Citizen Letters
Proposed Priority #13 - Miscellaneous
U.S. Senator Cory A. Booker (D), New Jersey
U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Durkin, Northern District of Illinois
Senior U.S. District Judge Patricia A. Seitz, Southern District of Florida
U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Deputy Attorney General
U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
National Archives and Records Administration
Practitioners Advisory Group
Probation Officers Advisory Group
Tribal Issues Advisory Group
Victims Advisory Group (September 2022)
Victims Advisory Group (October 2022)
Drug Policy Alliance
United Voices for Sex Offense Reform
Chad Pennington, Deputy Federal Public Defender
Melissa Whatley, Ph.D.
Sample Citizen Letters
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