Sentencing Reform
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9 Sentencing Reform Cases
U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2012
Sentencing Reform
Dorsey v. United States and Hill v. United States
Whether the federal Fair Sentencing Act, which reduced the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine from 100:1 to 18:1, applies to defendants who committed their offenses before the Act was passed but were sentenced after the Act's passage.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2012
Sentencing Reform
Dorsey v. United States and Hill v. United States
Whether the federal Fair Sentencing Act, which reduced the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine from 100:1 to 18:1, applies to defendants who committed their offenses before the Act was passed but were sentenced after the Act's passage.
U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2007
Sentencing Reform
Kimbrough v. United States
Whether a federal trial judge may take into account the fact that the current Sentencing Guidelines for crack cocaine have proven unsound and been rejected by the Sentencing Commission itself when sentencing a crack offender. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2007
Sentencing Reform
Kimbrough v. United States
Whether a federal trial judge may take into account the fact that the current Sentencing Guidelines for crack cocaine have proven unsound and been rejected by the Sentencing Commission itself when sentencing a crack offender. DECIDED
U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2006
Sentencing Reform
Claiborne v. United States
Whether federal district court judges have discretion, in appropriate cases, to impose shorter prison terms than the Sentencing Guidelines suggest based, in part, on the unduly harsh consequences of rigidly applying the crack/cocaine disparity. DISMISSED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2006
Sentencing Reform
Claiborne v. United States
Whether federal district court judges have discretion, in appropriate cases, to impose shorter prison terms than the Sentencing Guidelines suggest based, in part, on the unduly harsh consequences of rigidly applying the crack/cocaine disparity. DISMISSED