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A (significant?) 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: Second 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 second quarter of fiscal year 2009 [which runs through March 31, 2009].  The report also provides an analysis of sentencing trends over five years for several key sentencing practices. (Published June 1, 2009) The new data perhaps suggest a trend that I tentatively predicted in this post right after President Obama's election in which I suggested that the incoming administration might impact federal sentencing practice before we see any formal changes in policy...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 02, 2009 (boomark / email).