2008 CFC# 12486 
eNewsletter
November 18, 2008
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eNewsletter - December 20, 2007
Important sentencing reform successes have been secured over the last few weeks
Supreme Court rulings on two sentencing cases gives federal court judges discretion to reduce the prison terms of individuals convicted for crack-cocaine offenses and the U.S. Sentencing Commission voted in favor of making the crack cocaine amendment retroactive. As a result, 19,500 federal prisoners are eligible to apply for a sentence reduction.
Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM), one of the lead organizations on this issue, has put together Frequently Asked Questions about the federal crack guideline amendment and its retroactive application.