It has now been almost two weeks since the House of Representatives voted in favor of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, and almost a full week since the FSA became law. Though I have now seen lots of editorials from large and small papers praising the modification of crack mandatory sentencing provisions, I have yet to see a single story about how the new law is starting to impact actual crack sentencings.
There is a practical reason I am in a rush to figure all this out: there are, on average, over 100 crack sentencings in federal court every week. And I had been hearing that a whole lot of crack sentencings had been put on hold after the Senate passed the FSA way back in March. Further, the US Sentencing Commission now has less than three months to conform the crack guidelines to the intricate (and not always pro-defendant) provisions of the FSA. So I wonder is there a rush to get sentencings done now, or is there more delay, or does this vary district-to-district and courtroom-to-courtroom?
I hope folks might use the comments or send me e-mail with any and all notable post-FSA-enactment crack sentencing reports. Thanks!
Posted via email from the Un-Official Southwestern PA Re-Entry Coalition Blog
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