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When will the US Sentencing Commission's (now overdue?) mandatory minimum report come out?

By Douglas A. Berman

As noted in this recent post, in October 2009, Congress directed the US Sentencing Commission to undertake a comprehensive review of mandatory minimum sentencing penalties and to report its findings and recommendations to Congress within a year.  I had marked the end of October 2010 as the time when this report was due, but the report has not yet been released and I have heard a rumor that the USSC got some sort of (secret?) extension on its deadline. I am actually glad the USSC report on mandatory minimum has not come out yet; this week all the news is justifiably focused on today's election and its likely aftermath.  That said, I really would like to know when the US Sentencing Commission plans to release this important report.  (I would also like to know how and from whom the USSC got an extension, but that's not really a big deal if the report is still coming soon...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 02, 2010 (boomark / email).