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Another notable uptick in below-guideline sentences in latest data run from USSC

By Douglas A. Berman

The US Sentencing Commission has some notable new sentencing data now up on its website. The USSC's latest data report, which can be accessed here, is described this way: Third Quarter FY09 Quarterly Sentencing Update: An extensive set of tables and charts presenting fiscal year quarterly data on cases in which the offender was sentenced through the third quarter of fiscal year 2009.  The report also provides an analysis of sentencing trends over five years for several key sentencing practices. (Published September 8, 2009) The new data shows the continuation of a trend of an increase in below-guideline sentence (which I first noted in this post and which I tentatively predicted in this post right after President Obama's election).  This data run shows another (still small but seemingly significant) uptick in below-guideline sentences imposed by judges...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 08, 2009 (boomark / email).