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August 19, 2020

Reviewing reservations about Prez Trump's latest slate of US Sentencing Commission nominees

Law360 has this effective new piece highlighting concerns about the make-up of the slate of US Sentencing Commission nominees announce by Prez Trump last week (basics here). The piece is headlined "Why Trump's Sentencing Panel Picks Worry Reform Boosters," and I recommend in in full.  Here is how it begins:

President Donald Trump has tapped five people for the influential commission that sets guidelines for federal prison sentences, but advocates for change on both the left and the right are calling the slate "antithetical to reform" and urging senators not to confirm the picks.

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