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Letter of April 9, 2009 from Jon Sands, Federal Public Defender, District of Arizona, to U.S. Sentencing Commission, conveying defender response to two broad issues raised at the Commission's March hearing on the 2009 amendments: (1) the role of evidence in guideline development and amendment, and (2) how the Commission should respond to congressional directives.
Defender Comments (April 9, 2009) to U.S. Sentencing Commission Regarding Role of Empirical Evidence and Commission Response to Congressional Directives
2009-04-09T16:41:21Z
2010-06-15T14:37:30-04:00
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